Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
Not gonna be any more off course than an S-turning autopilot or trying to bracket with the autopilot would make me. Plus the ride is more comfortable for the pax. Sure hope you don't let any captains fly you into a mountain because they are the "final authority"
. I always brief it and no one has a problem with it. They just remind me even though its exactly what I briefed. Thats what is annoying. This is how the conversation usually goes:
ATC: Jetlink XXXX, fly heading 210, intercept the localizer 24R.
CA: Did you want green needles?
FO: I'll switch it when we get closer, we're still 30 miles out and doing 170kts cause its Cleveland.
CA: Oh, right.
Have both pilots tune the RA to 195 feet. The reasoning will probably make the majority of people on here scream bloody murder, but for all intensive purposes, it cuts down on the S-turns. Or handfly
