Autoland would definitely be preferable, a CAT III ILS would be ideal although you can still autoland off a CAT I beam. CAT IIIs tend to be limited to big airports due to cost and restrictions on the surrounding terrain and obstacles.

With autoland though, it's not just a simple button push. The aircraft needs to be descended around any terrain, navigated through any weather, and put into the landing configuration. If it'll be landing somewhere other than the planned destination, there's also a fair amount of reprogramming of the FMS.

> there's also a fair amount of reprogramming of the FMS

That was something I was missing. Probably complicated when you are scared to death. But still a CAT I glideslope descent/touchdown would be preferably to landing with the PAPI I think. (Funny detail, papi means daddy in Spanish!)

same for german, PAPI means daddy

The video is fun but he makes it far more complicated than it really needed to be. Additionally the only useful piece of advice is the headset/microphone/etc, after that ATC will tell the surrogate EXACTLY what they need to do, down to the switch and position.

This video would be better split into two: One where they have no ATC contact, and another where they do.

But I strongly agree, if you have ATC contact they're going to do an ILS landing, even if that requires sending you to a bigger airport that has ILS and better ground support.

You can only hope that ATC will find someone who can tell you exactly what do you … air traffic controllers are usually not pilots, i.e., they cannot help you with flying an aircraft …

Surely there will be a 737 pilot in the ATC frequency. Anywhere!

I'm 99.99% sure that's what most of the posters in this thread mean when they say ATC. "Ground" might be clearer but it is pretty obvious either way.