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Old 26th Mar 2016, 16:06
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Old King Coal
 
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Confirming what ManaAdaSystem has said, and for the avoidance of all doubt, flydubai policy is that dual-autopilot approaches are not approved and must not be utilised. Furthermore, the use of dual-autopilots is part of the 'data monitoring' process and it is therein possible (retrospectively) to determine if dual-autopilots have been utilised. The last FZ pilot who took it upon their-self to utilise dual-autopilot's for a landing was sacked for wilful breach of company SOP. Whilst a single autopilot might be utilised for part of an approach, at some point during said approach, that autopilot (and the auto-throttle) is required (SOP) to be disengaged and accordingly all landings (regardless of them being either category I/II/III) and go-arounds (in flydubai) are therein flown manually; albeit always possible for a pilot to re-engage an autopilot and the auto-throttle at some point during a go-around (subject to all the normal engagement criteria).
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