Monday, February 9, 2026

info about landing aircraft in terrible weather

@m_swizzy22

1 hour ago
@av8rshane491 CAT3 is flown in zero visibility and zero wind, fully
automatic dual autopilot. This was a manual approach and landing in
very bad visibility and strong winds. Following the ILS. CAT III ILS
can not be done in windy weather is, even if the visibility is zero,
the approach is manual, in fact, almost every landing is manual, some
airlines fly manually from 1000ft AGL, some disconnect autopilot at
1000ft RA, some fly manually from the FAF, some fly the approach
manually from the moment you establish on the localizer… you get my
point? Only in 0 wind + zero vis it's automatic, every other scenario
is manual.

from https://youtube.com/shorts/wgMQ_6ZF60w?si=ztXDeqZlMteurKaQ

apparently full autopilot cannot handle the slightest of winds

so if both pilots eat a bad bean then the plane has to fy to an
airport with zero winds - uness there is a 2 bean override option

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