Originally Posted by
EWR73FO
CAL did not PAY for the data on the new gens. It's there. Same reason why we don't simply flip the switch in the avonics bay for "true" glass. Costs something like 40-50K per aircraft.
I once asked an instructor: "What prevents the MD-88 from doing a coupled single-engine ILS to an autoland?" He said: "It will do one just fine, but we didn't buy the certification for that maneuver."
I suppose that maintaining the certification would have required periodic performance of the maneuver in each airplane, which would be a questionable idea with passengers on board.
