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Old 11-30-2016 | 01:44 PM
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Fly the plane using situational awareness. A 6am flight and gorgeous wx from an outstation may be raw data to FL180+, a midday flight on an rnav dept out of a mid-busy apt may be handflying with the FD through 10+, a complex departure out of NYC at night w/wx may be 600' AP ON. Common sense must prevail, just let the other guy know what your intentions are so everyone is on the same page. Same for arrivals and approaches. Stay current in all levels, based on the situation. We should all be "pilots" at this point so use some SA and CRM/TEM... and all is well.

In the sim, I agree the visual approaches are the most difficult, but since doing them foqa has been flagged much less on the line. Is it training or line practice? Dunno, but it seems to be working to address the problem areas, which is what AQP is all about.
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