Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
An RNAV Arrival/SID can be hand-flown, and in some cases, should be hand-flown.
After looking it up, I stand corrected.
Depending on your company's operating procedures, RNAV procedures can be hand flown. In the case of the
Eldee2 arrival, since it is an RNAV 1 procedure, one MUST use a lateral deviation indicator, flight director, and/or autopilot.
Originally Posted by AC90-100A
Pilots must use a lateral deviation indicator (or equivalent navigation map display), flight director and/or autopilot in lateral navigation mode on RNAV 1 routes. Pilots are encouraged to use a lateral deviation indicator (or equivalent navigation map display), flight director and/or autopilot in lateral navigation mode on RNAV 2 routes.