LPV approach

[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

Ah ok, so as long as you consider an autoland on a CAT I or CAT II ILS a "practice run" and thus keep full manual operation going, ready to take over at the first sign of trouble, it's fine. It's NOT fine if you actually need the autoland because you cannot do it manually.

That said, better an unprotected CAT I ILS autoland than a crash landing, of course. But that is not considered normal ops.


Hoppie

[Magoo]

Not sure what you mean by full manual operation and practice run, regardless of the weather, be it Cat IIIb or cat I and above, you must be ready just the same to take over and continue manually or go around if the AFDS isn't doing a good job, which I've never seen...
The SOP's might encourage you to do an autoland if the Visibility and ceiling isn't great, yet still above Cat I, or a typhoon lurking around with strong gusty winds, letting the A/C do the job is a very good option!