Originally Posted by LarryJ
What is "a sticky situation"?
Auto-land works very well when the visibility is low, winds are calm, and runway is long. Auto-land can not handle significant crosswinds, short, slick runways, nor any number of other unusual circumstances. The purpose of auto-land is to allow landings when the visibility is too low for a pilot to make the flare and touchdown. There are only a handful of runways in the country that have CATIIIb auto-land certification.
Just a few have Category IIIb? How many have IIIc?
One of the "bright ideas" my brother and I came up with is a requirement that all scheduled flights be operated with Cat IIIc aircraft and captains, and all airports with at least one scheduled flight per day (yes, that includes ELY, AOO and CDC) have CAT IIIc installed on every runway in both directions. We wish to eliminate weather delays.
