Originally Posted by
belliott
I have... as well as Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, and Suriname under the same conditions... not that big of a deal as long as you have a nice big dip in and Jerry Reed's "Eastbound and Down' is playing in the background... an autopilot is always a good asset unless you don't know how to use it...
Well my bike-riding-70's-latin-lover friend,
I think you and doj missed the point, I wasn't referring to the degree of difficulty involving the maneuver/approach, but rather the challenges that present themselves when operating in such environment.
With regards to the auto-pilot, well, I don't know how reliable VOR's are in Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, or Suriname, but in Mexico, the signal can be spotty at best on the approach face (in some, but not all markets), and it serves better to have the AP off, particularly around terrain. Some guys opt to shoot these approaches coupled to the FMS, but our guidance specifically says that we are to do them on greens, as we're not approved for anything else in Mexico.
Hope that clarifies it a bit. Having done both the turbo-prop (135, no autopilot) and the 121 in a much more advanced Jet, I can tell you both types of flying represent different challenges, but they are still both challenging in their own ways, which was my original point to my incarcerated friend.
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