Originally Posted by
CBreezy
So, what's the SOP? You can't hand fly up to, say FL 200 on a RNAV SID?
Mesa GOM/SOP (I'm not writing the exact text bc it's all SSI):
Autopilot must be used when:
1) On an RNAV SID or STAR (I personally interpret this as "when established on a published segment of the procedure")
2) RVSM airspace
3 Non-"low-workload" situations