All of these elements must comply with the regulations established by the operator's responsible authority. An aircraft type must be approved for CAT II / CAT III operations with an automatic landing system, which provides automatic control of the aircraft during approach and landing. Similarly, the airfield must be approved for CAT II / CAT III operations.
Crew training for CAT II / CAT III is divided into two parts. Firstly ground instructionand the philosophy of All Weather Operations, and secondly flight training carried out in either a simulator or during airborne training.
The start of the approval process consists of filing for CAT II / CAT III operations.
The "file" includes aircraft type, aerodrome, flight crew training and procedures, and a maintenance program. Once filed, and after flight crew training, the operator's authority will require an operational demonstration, in order to establish if an appropriate level of safety is being met.
Following this an operator may be certified for Category II or for Category III operations.
The Airbus Family Concept and Category Il and III operations
The flight decks of the A320 Family and the A330 and A340 are virtually identical,and their handling characteristics, systems and procedures are so similar that there is an unprecedented level of commonality.
Because of this commonality the training for CAT II / CAT III operations will also be so similar that once a crew is qualified on one of the family types the process to go on to another will be that much quicker.
This unique capability will help operators in their training and proficiency of crews and impact positively on the training costs associated with these kinds of operations.
Even though A310/A300-600 cockpits are different, the Airbus CAT II / CAT III concepts are the same.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.
INTRODUCTION

1.1  GENERAL
1.2  A BRIEF HISTORY
1.3  ECONOMIC ASPECTS

2.
GENERAL CONCEPTS

2.1  CATEGORY II
2.2  CATEGORY III
2.3  DECISION HEIGHT AND ALERT HEIGHT
2.4  RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE
2.5  FAIL-PASSIVE AUTOMATIC LANDING SYSTEM
2.6  FAIL-OPERATIONAL AUTOMATIC LANDING SYSTEM
2.7  MINIMUM APPROACH BREAK-OFF HEIGHT
2.8  CONCEPT OF MINIMA

3.
HOW TO GET APPROVAL

3.1  APPROVAL PROCESS
3.2  AERODROME OPERATING MINIMA
3.3  FLIGHT CREW PROCEDURES
3.4  FLIGHT CREW TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION
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3.5  MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME
3.6  OPERATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
3.7  CONTINOUS MONITORING
3.8  AUTOLAND IN CAT I OR BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS

4.
AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS

4.1  INTRODUCTION
4.2  AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT
4.3  AUTOMATIC LANDING CERTIFICATION
4.4  CATEGORY II/III CERTIFICATION
　
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