ultrarunner
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Oooops...sorry Huck...mis-read. Yes, our LNAV/VNAV are AP off no later than 50' below mda...NOT 50' above HAT.
That's pretty much std with respect to the regs I think.
At the risk of arm-chairing just a little bit, I suspect they disregarded the ATC notam of the unusable GS due to the snow. It's pretty common to put the GS status as unusable once you get up to a certain amount of snow around it. What is NOT common is for the tower cab to place it out of service.
I suspect this crew saw they still had a usable signal and pressed on with a coupled approach.
As much as it pains me to say this, I HOPE that's the case...because I shudder to think that I'm sitting in the back when these folks are flying a coupled NP approach in LAT mode only , 50 freaking feet about the ground!
WTF???
That's pretty much std with respect to the regs I think.
At the risk of arm-chairing just a little bit, I suspect they disregarded the ATC notam of the unusable GS due to the snow. It's pretty common to put the GS status as unusable once you get up to a certain amount of snow around it. What is NOT common is for the tower cab to place it out of service.
I suspect this crew saw they still had a usable signal and pressed on with a coupled approach.
As much as it pains me to say this, I HOPE that's the case...because I shudder to think that I'm sitting in the back when these folks are flying a coupled NP approach in LAT mode only , 50 freaking feet about the ground!
WTF???