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Originally Posted by PCL_128  Hey, you're absolutely right, I don't have the HGS time. I'm going off of guess work here. But correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you guys also have autoland capability in addition to use of the HGS. |
Yeah, but you can use either or both combined. 99% of the time, I'll hand fly the HGS just because I've seen the autoland do weird stuff too often to have 100% confidence in it.
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My understanding is that SWA isn't authorized for autoland and can only do CAT II/III as a hand-flown maneuver with the HGS. The last time I did a CAT II was a few weeks ago at the end of a long duty day. I was worn out, and I wouldn't have wanted to fly it by hand. At least having the option is an increase to safety, in my opinion.
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Just having the option doesn't increase safety, if the autoland system does something goofy at 50' in 600 rvr. I'll admit I used it a month or so ago in 600 rvr at DFW, but only because the F/O said he would be more comfortable if we used it.