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butt · September 27th, 2007, 08:58

Whats the deal with category II and III approaches? Just about every big airport I've seen has at least one category II and III ILS. All I know about them is that you have to be authorized to do them, the process of which is spelled out in 61.67/61.68.

The only thing is, you hardly ever hear about people getting this authorization. You'd think having the II and III authorization would be a big resume treat, such as a type rating or a gold seal or something, but I've never seen it mentioned anywhere other than a short blurb in the jepp instrument book.

Do II and III approaches still matter, or have they gone the way of LORAN-C?

September 27th, 2007, 08:58	#1
butt Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: . Posts: 392	Tell me about category II and category III ratings. Whats the deal with category II and III approaches? Just about every big airport I've seen has at least one category II and III ILS. All I know about them is that you have to be authorized to do them, the process of which is spelled out in 61.67/61.68. The only thing is, you hardly ever hear about people getting this authorization. You'd think having the II and III authorization would be a big resume treat, such as a type rating or a gold seal or something, but I've never seen it mentioned anywhere other than a short blurb in the jepp instrument book. Do II and III approaches still matter, or have they gone the way of LORAN-C?