Originally Posted by
foumanchu
If you are doing the traditional "Dive and Drive" method on a non-precision approach with the Autopilot Coupled, i.e. VS Mode, does any plane/company require an additive to the MDA due to the tolerances of the Autopilot capture/hold capabilities?
We don’t set the bottom altitude or MDA in the autopilot. In the last descent to MDA we set the missed altitude. At minimums we go around.