PSA CRJ HGS Sys CAT II / III
 

For PSA folks..
Are the 200's or 700's equipped with the head up guidance system and if so are the aircraft / crews CAT qualified?
Thanks.

Two words: no

is this a serious question??

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Yes... just wondering how bad you guys want to get into a station.

What is the other word?

How bad those pilots want to get into an airport does not have anything to do with the money a company needs to shell out to get all their aircraft and crews certified for Cat II and Cat III approaches. I wont even get into the HUD's!

I could be wrong, but I dont know any CRJ's or ERJ's that have the autopilots you need to get certified for CAT III approaches. That is why I asked if it was a serious quesiton. Im not even at PSA.

Hgs
 

I don't know any of the RJ's that have a HGS but we have the box for them in our planes but they are empty. No electronics in them. I don't know if the company just wanted to have a reason to have less headroom in the cockpit or if they are actually thinking about installing the Heads up displays....I guess only time will tell.

Years ago, I worked at a carrier flying tired 737-300's (all hardball instrumentation). We did go to the expense of installing an HGS system. Our mechs, crews and aircraft were certified CAT IIIA. The system really saved our schedule,,, particularly SLC.
As for the CRJ, I don't know much about the autopilot/FCC's, but dual channels in a dual FCC installation will get you close to the requirements for CAT 3B.

Just curious as to why you'd single out PSA and even think that CRJs flying for a US regional airline would have that type of equipment? Not that I wouldn't want it, it'd be great, but it just seems such an odd question.