[quote=Xray678;848957]I agree with you. But you can go too far. You can over checklist something. You can make procedures so safe that the operation cannot function. An example is the now adopted NWA procedure of having to autoland a CAT II landing. So now if a Delta airplane is not autoland capable, we have to divert? While a 27 year old kid who has been in the left seat of an RJ for 3 months can come on in and land? Are our pilots incapable of hand flying a landing in CAT II conditions?

You have to look at it from a different perspective. How often do you dispatch with an item that prevents a CATII landing; if you do what is the wx at your destination. Mx, dispatch and planning work together...they would either fix the problem or swap aircraft...not a big deal. If the component failed in flight, different story so you divert. I think modern mx history has changed the equation. Why do you think we went from AP not required for Non-prec (non-ILS) approachs...because historically we couldn't justify non AP non prec/non ils approaches.

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