Originally Posted by
Master of FiFi
After the flying with the Captain that I flew with last week, who insisted on turning off all forms of guidance and automation, even when it was required, and hand flying, while alternating between staring out the window, and digging through his bag for nothing, completely ignoring the instruments, you better hope that there is never less than two people in a cockpit of a plane moving under its own power.
Who cares? If the guy can perform, what is the problem? You do realize that for many decades, this is how we flew? Some of us are actual pilots and can fly without having to follow an FD 100% of the time.