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Old 12-28-2008 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Raidr17
SWA is CATIIIa, not b. Inside each cockpit says so unless a component is MEL'd. We are down to 50DH and 700rvr. Yes we hand fly it because we are cheap and do not want to keep up the autopilot gear, whatever that is. HUD ops were introduced to SWA by Morris during that merger or buyout.
That's the answer I was looking for. Posting #6 in this thread indicated that JetBlue was going to do handflown CAT3b. I didn't think you could do a '3b without autoland.
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