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Old 14th September 2003 | 14:05
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NigelOnDraft
 
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<<It will bring safely down as plane with total incapacited crew.>>

I'm afraid you are completely missing the point. You seem to think Autoland is controlled from the ground, and/or the pilots set it all up in the cruise or something.

All Autoland does, and all it is designed for, is provide a mechanism to get around the problem of poor visibility in the last 200'.

If you are looking for a solution to the "incapacitated crew" issue, you are opening up a totally new can of worms... and lowering Flaps and Gear is the most minor of the concerns that would need to be addressed.

Even on the Airbus, an Autoland, safely conducted, involves extensive crew interaction and systems monitoring. There is even a half page of "deficiencies" that limit or prevent Autoland that are not monitored by the aircraft systems...

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