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Originally Posted by zmiller4  On this general topic, here's another hypothetical:
You're scheduled for a night flight into one of the more challenging mountain airports in the west that's famous for its windshear. Weather at this airport is reporting crosswinds gusting to 30kts, with only a back course loc approach available. Visibility is both forecast and reported to be at mins for the BC LOC. The crew bringing the plane in has called MX out to defer the autopilot and both flight directors, meaning raw data, hand flown, with no wind shear guidance. What would you do? |
That would not be deferrable- If the AP is deferred, you have to have 2 working flight directors.
If they tried to get you to ferry the thing- refuse it. It's unsafe and a bad idea. Are you willing to bet your certificate and life on someone's judgement who is sitting in a desk hundreds of miles away from the situation?