Originally Posted by
Grumble
This.
I commute quite often in RJ jumpseats and this is horribly prevalent. I've seen some downright scary situations with furious knob turning and butting pushing to try and fly the airplane getting further and further behind the airplane, when looking out the window and handflying could've corrected everything in a matter of seconds.
Yup.
I saw this all the time flying (and instructing) the bus as the hardest thing to do on that bird is a visual approach with the AP on. Meanwhile with a couple clicks and some pilot stuff it's a piece of cake.