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Old 19th Mar 2016, 17:18
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aguadalte
 
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FZ does not do autoland approaches. They do Cat3A manual landings when required.

WTF. Why would anyone do that?
Because it's cheaper to fly Cat 3 with HGS rather than keeping the aircraft autoland system certified and maintained.
Please stop saying bull...CAT IIIA Approaches must be Auto-Landed by Law. The only difference from CAT IIIB is that they have a decision hight and pilots must make visual contact to let the aircraft continue and make an auto-land. Only CAT II or CAT I Approaches may be landed by hand!
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