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[โ€“] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Pff.

Just caption an Airbus. Assuming you're in flight, you just need the buttons to engage cat III auto landing, make wings bigger, make wheels stick out, and brakes after you land.

[โ€“] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Hopefully just activate ILS. There's no way you wouldn't be diverted to an airport that doesn't require a Cat III landing, even a IIIA is stupid dangerous for a trained crew. iirc you only have a 1-2 second correction window for any Cat III landing where the ILS cuts out, compared to something like 8-10 for a Cat I (which is plenty of time for an amateur that's been coached on the procedure to do a missed landing then give it back to the autopilot, that's super easy). Plus the number of airports that can even do just a Cat II at least used to be pretty low (150 in the US?), and Cat III rated airports are even fewer (I dont think there's double digits that can do a IIIB, and afaik there's still none in the world rated for IIIC...)

(edit: came off more aggro than I meant, changed wording so I sound like less of a dick!)