Originally Posted by fujii
Aren't people being a bit parochial with their comments here? Although QANTAS and Virgin are mentioned in the article, there are plenty of international airlines operating into Cat 1 airports which will benefit from the change.
Yes, they will be able to potentially use the new rules,
but will they? Will it be worth training to what
appears to be a non-standard CAT II/III with CASA approval just in case they fly to Oz? In just the same way RNP is potentially available to overseas operators, most don't make use of them (ANZ as the exception?).
As I said, the press release is sufficiently vague & ambiguous - but it clear in one regard - it looks non-standard with regard to lighting requirements. Until more details are released it is unclear what will be involved for overseas operators.