Cat II training at 5 am this morning. Started out with a pre-brief of what we need to do Cat II and the profile. The group was myself, my sim partner and two new hire FOs. It's seat specific training, so we were each paired with an FO. It was the same FO I did my LOFT with the other day, so that worked out well. Sim partner and the other FO went first, and we opted to try to wake up a bit more before our turn in the box.
Climb in, and get in my now-getting-more-comfortable seat. Wow. That's cool. We're already on a 45 degree intercept heading for the ILS to 36L. CA briefs and sets up the approach, so I did all that, and the FO flew. Configured on profile (same as an ILS, just put the final notch of flaps in a bit earlier to give the AP time to trim properly before catching the glideslope.) About 200 ft above minimums, I make my call and put my hand on the yoke and the other hand on the base of the thrust levers. 20 feet above minimum (DH was 99 ft), I call "My controls" and land it. No problem on the normal CAT II. So, we zap back to short final, where we can just BARELY see the approach lights, and the instructor shows us what it looks like at night, dusk, day, approach lights on and approach lights off. Honestly, I don't think I'll ever fly a Cat II approach with the lights ON. Makes it too hard to see the runway or approach lighting.
Next few times we had a localizer failure, so we went around. We had an N2 vib on one approach, so we went around. I had one where the visibility suddenly went nil after I call "my controls," so I did the go around (FO does the flying AND the go around unless the CA takes the controls). Did one where the instructor nudge me and told me to play dead, so the FO had to do the go around all on his own. Last one, I had a situation where the AP wouldn't disengage, so I had to just muscle it on the ground.
All in all, it was pretty easy, especially for me. CAs on Cat II approaches really don't do anything but steal the glory at the end with the landing.
So, turned in my training folder, my Flight Safety badge, my corp education center badge and went home. Scheduling called about 3 hours later. OE starts on Thursday at 8:45 am. I've got a 3 day Thurs-Sat, and another two day starting on Sun going until Monday. I've already checked the legs, but they don't have the fed ride scheduled in there yet.