Originally Posted by forgot to bid

The A I was flying with just today said the same thing. He had a LCA being checked by the FAA checking him. He brought up the automation policy and justifying why he reduced the automation on his arrival and approach and he won an argument on the debrief. Put it that way.

What's in the books is good. Delta's automation policy is a good one... and a good one to remember. So is what VOL 1 actually says about when you should use VNAV. Notice I didn't say must, just should.