SWA CAT III Question
12-27-2008 | 04:38 AM
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SWA CAT III Question
Let me ask a quick question of the SWA folks. Is SWA now doing CAT III approaches? We went into JAX the other night and it was CAT III. SWA followed us in. I was surprised, I understood that SWA was CAT I.
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12-27-2008 | 05:14 AM
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SWA has been CAT III for several years. They are hand flown using the HUD. I've flown a few in the sim and sat in the right seat for 3 actual CAT III approaches and it works great.
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12-27-2008 | 11:12 AM
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12-27-2008 | 12:41 PM
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Ditto at JB...we do Cat II now on the HUDs & the entire fleet is being Cat IIIb trained as we speak. We've got dual HUDs and they won't go into A3 (Cat III) unless the AP is off by 500 RA. That's the reason they're hand-flown under our setup...I guess WN's is the same way?
12-27-2008 | 01:46 PM
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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.
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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.
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12-27-2008 | 03:12 PM
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Ditto at JB...we do Cat II now on the HUDs & the entire fleet is being Cat IIIb trained as we speak. We've got dual HUDs and they won't go into A3 (Cat III) unless the AP is off by 500 RA. That's the reason they're hand-flown under our setup...I guess WN's is the same way?
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