ILS Approach to Cat I minima
Some years ago in Asia, an Asian TRE impressed on me that one cannot fly down to ILS Cat I minimums on raw data without being autocoupled to an operative FD. He opined that one should use a higher minimums of 250ft HAT( or 300ft as I cannot recall exactly )/ 1200m visibility.
This has been on the back of my mind until we had an inoperative FD recently. When I mentioned this to my current JAR type rating instructor, he dismissed it as absolute rubbish, ie one can operate to Cat I minimums on raw data.
Who is right? I cannot find a definitive answer anywhere in the regulations.