nitpicker330
It always makes me chukle when some Pilot asks ATC for clearance to do a "practice autoland"! What's a practice autoland? Is that where you manually land it but pretend the AP did it
The practice auto lands are done at airports that are LVP approved.
In my previous outfit,coming september,before the fog season starts,crew were told to perform practice auto lands and record the result(touchdown point,any deviations..) so when the time arrived in real LVP the aircraft was legal and crew refreshed their procedures as well;-)
The weather is 200 overcast. CAT 1 approaches are still being used. Perhaps we are tight on fuel and won't have enough fuel for a second approach. We want to make sure we get in.
Has anyone requested this when the weather is at or near CAT 1 minima?
You can always try to ask a practice auto land
