Surely if you do an Autoland at a non-LVO airport you are required to declare a MAYDAY! There is no critical area protection, No LVO procedures in place on the ground and no guarantee of signal reliability. To perform this you would legally have to be an EMG status aircraft. If the crew did not declare a MAYDAY then the PIC has operated illegally and should be subject to the full force of the law. If he did declare, then he used his EMG authority as PIC so only needs to fill in an ASR, and probably attend a Safety Brief with the company safety department. The question is-was an EMG declared for the autolands that were performed? Given that the media is not full of reports of a QF 'MAYDAY' I am leaning towards a straight breach of the Rules and Regs. What actually happened?
Last edited by clear to land; 29th May 2013 at 06:13.