Jim Carter wrote:

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Spade ]
Posted At: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:59 AM
Posted To: rec.aviation.ifr
Conversation: CAT IIIC minimums
Subject: CAT IIIC minimums


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The FAA, being the way it is, had to have a building block of minima
that went "all the way" so to speak, when they implemented the

Category

III program in the 1970s.

They like having goals, even unachievable goals. ;-)


Then why didn't they produce the same building block of minima for
Newark?

There is a range of visibility between RVR 06 and RVR 00 that would be
below CAT IIIb, yet would allow for properly equipped aircraft, flown by
properly trained crews to execute approaches, and still provide
sufficient visibility for taxi operations.

Is your point that the CAT IIIc approach into JFK is not authorized at
all?


My point is: CAT III c is supposed to be included on all CAT III charts
with the entry "NA" (Not Authorized). Where a CAT III chart does not
have a line for CAT IIIc, it is not in compliance with FAA policy.