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Why not do a CatIII (Read 257 times)
Jul 14th, 2004 at 7:46pm

jrpilot   Offline
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Why don't aircraft do Cat3's all of the time..if there aircraft is equiped for that...or why not fly the approach to 200 feet and then take a/p off?
 
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Reply #1 - Jul 14th, 2004 at 8:57pm

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Not all runways (that have ILS) are cat 3 certified. My homebase airport is just Cat 2  Tongue

And pilots fly because they love it, as my A330 pilot friend told me last week:
"Nick, why would I let the computers handle the most entertaining phase of the flight?"
Makes sense, the landing is the most fun part of it all, weither your a desktop pilot or flying the real McCoy.

It's also good for the crew to land manually just  to maintain their flying skills. As they are not doing that in the simulator checks (mostly system failures and emergency landings)
 
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Reply #2 - Jul 15th, 2004 at 2:37pm

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Not all runways (that have ILS) are cat 3 certified. )


Not all CREWS are either.

It's not just a matter of having the proper equipment. The aircraft AND crew must be continuously certified for  currency$$$$$$$$$$$$       Also to perform a "coupled" CATIII when the airport is not actively performing ILS or CATIII/ILS ops would be dangerous because aircraft operating on the ground would be allowed into the ILS critical area and might potentially interupt the VHF signal..................DOH!!....hate when that happens!
 

.....so I loaded up the plane and moved to Middle-EEEE..........OIL..that is......
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