[closed] FsPassengers for FSX official note and please !

[DanSteph]

In real life the answer is up to airlines and aircraft certification but I would say anyway that autoland are rare.
for what I've heard FedeX for exemple require one autoland at least every 30 days. All others landing are made manually. 95% of landing are manual anyway because one don't want a "button manager" in cockpit but a trained pilot, the only way to train is to practice again and again manual landing. For the same reason one autoland every 30 days (in VFR) is required so they don't loose the practice of autolanding if wheater condition really require it. (CATIII)

Don't forget that autoland is designed for poor visual condition not strong wind cross landing for example, I doubt any system would have
been able to manage this:

(scaring Video of Lufthansa A320 in strong cross wind landing 4 days ago)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4kysy_...sh_extreme

Good pilot job but just after "realigning" there was a strong rafale, nothing to do but to abort landing. (one wing touched ground but with
minor damage)

Hi res photo of the wing that touch:
http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.file?id...OltUWB.jpg

So you won't be wrong by landing manually most of time. This is what pilot do in reality.
For CATIII I disengage autopilot just before flare and the touch is always smooth.

Dan



Post Edited ( 03-06-08 14:38 )