Originally Posted by
James Bond
Cat III are hand flown? Why?
Mainly because the HUD makes it pretty darn close to routine. We had the same setup in the Navy. Our C-40's (737-700's) also have a HUD. Although we are not certified to fly CAT III in the Navy you can easily hand fly a CAT III down to CAT III minimums even with a single engine - which we usually would do in recurrent if we had extra time. It is a very sweet system.
Our 737's at DAL are also CAT III capable via the HUD, and I am pretty sure these are certified for single engine operations.
Scoop