Originally Posted by
sky jet
It's not required. If you can fly a 727 you know how to safely fly your airplane when the autopilot kicks off. It's called airmanship. The autopilot on any 727 that I ever flew was only good for climbs, descents and holding headings. Thus we hand flew a lot and learned our airplane.
Where does the reg exempt the 727? It sounds like there is an alternative means of compliance. Just trying to find out what it is.
Nice job patting yourself on the back for flying a 72, though... but I bet there's more than a few of us who've done that.