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Old Feb 10, 2020, 10:47 pm
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AC931 circling south of the border .. any idea why?
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Old Feb 10, 2020, 10:53 pm
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Zero viz in Montreal ... we are rerouted to Toronto !!
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Old Feb 10, 2020, 10:54 pm
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FR24 shows diversion to YYZ.

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Old Feb 10, 2020, 10:55 pm
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YYZ-bound?
edit: yup, new flight plan loaded...
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Old Feb 10, 2020, 10:58 pm
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Old Feb 10, 2020, 11:09 pm
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Looks like you have company. AC 306 YVR-YUL also headed to YYZ plus AC 430 turned back.


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Old Feb 10, 2020, 11:12 pm
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Looks like you have company. AC 306 YVR-YUL also headed to YYZ plus AC 430 turned back.
Ouch, ancient-build A320, 4th oldest remaining. I wonder if a 737Max or A220 would've made it in with Cat III...
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Old Feb 10, 2020, 11:25 pm
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Ouch, ancient-build A320, 4th oldest remaining. I wonder if a 737Max or A220 would've made it in with Cat III...
YUL does not have CAT III. Runway 06L has a CAT II but the approach is not authorized right now due to the construction at the threshold area of 06L.
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Old Feb 11, 2020, 9:55 am
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Originally Posted by YUL_Around_The_World
AC931 circling south of the border .. any idea why?

In the remote chance you may have thought the "south of the border" location was a possible reason for the circling, it appears the aircraft was merely orbiting in the published hold over the PBERG waypoint.
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Old Feb 11, 2020, 10:11 am
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Ouch, ancient-build A320, 4th oldest remaining. I wonder if a 737Max or A220 would've made it in with Cat III...
I wonder if any of the A320s have Cat III capability. I'll have to ask around.
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Old Feb 11, 2020, 11:08 am
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Originally Posted by yyz_atc_qq
I wonder if any of the A320s have Cat III capability. I'll have to ask around.
All A320s (including the oldest FIN at AC) got CAT III autoland capabilities.
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Old Feb 11, 2020, 12:16 pm
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Also note that not all pilots flying CAT III enabled aircrafts are CAT III qualified.
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Old Feb 11, 2020, 3:01 pm
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Also note that not all pilots flying CAT III enabled aircrafts are CAT III qualified.
Fresh Capt on the type perhaps, also a Cat 3 airplane may have been downgraded to Cat1 due to MEL issue
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