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Old 6th Jun 2015, 20:39
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B737 - No Autoland with one power source

The trickle down of information from senior colleagues and the internet has educated me that if you are down to one AC power source an dual channel approach will not be possible due to lack of redundancy, even if both FCCs are powered. This was quite well described in an earlier PPRuNe thread from 2002 I found with help of Google.

What I am struggling a bit with is to find a reference to this in the operation manuals. Nothing in the Limitations section of FCOM Vol. 1, no QRH checklists mentions it. The Systems Description of FCOM Vol. 2 is of limited help. The MEL/DDG which in this company is used to determine CAT 2/3 status, also inflight, has nothing.

It's remote, but still not that remote it couldn't happen, that you end up with one AC power source and destination weather is crap. I am tired after a long day at work, but am I so tired I've missed something essential here? I am basically wondering where this info can be found in Your operations manual? (if at all..)
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