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Old 27th Nov 2015, 09:47
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Instead they tell you to land manually, because autoland is not save on an unprotected ILS beam. Even if Chuck Jeager, or someone who thinks he is, is on the controls.
No, clearly they won't 'tell you' to do anything. It's none of their business how you decide to land the aircraft. They will tell you that low visibility protections are not in place (which you would already know), and it's up to you as the PIC what you choose to do with that information.

There is nothing inherently 'unsafe' about an autoland on an unprotected beam: as I already stated, you just have to have a plan in the event that the beam is compromised. If it was unsafe, it certainly wouldn't be permitted in line operations, either by company or manufacturer. The fact that it is permitted should be a pretty clear indication that it is not considered unsafe. You always have the option of taking over manually, or going around.
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