Originally Posted by
Slice
Why are you hand flying into the FL's with a fed on board? You should have George on so you can free up brain bytes as an extra measure to stay out of trouble. Maybe it's just me, but if I was your Capt that's what I'd expect you to do.
We were dodging weather in the climb and at the rate Jorge moves, it was just easier to hand fly. I told the CA and the Fed, and they both agreed it was a good idea. It was nice above FL200, so I thought "What the heck, I'll take it up to 2000' short of cruise and let Jorge handle the level off." They didn't seem to mind, and stared debating the age 65 deal...
Worked fine, no fatalities!
