Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
You missed the point. It's not about choosing to exercise their certificate for less money than others. It was a route to get where others are, like YOU.
There was a time in YOUR career where you had to hand fly, right? I mean, I hear old geezers rant all the time about "you nintendo pilot kids today have no pilot skills, what are you going to do when all the stuff breaks? Back in my day blah blah blah....."
If that was your point, then pipe down. Everyone pays dues in getting through life. Everyone. Yeah, I used to hand fly all the time, but that was because the planes I flew didn't have any autopilot. Hell, I was lucky they had an M-8. We could have used a cat and a duck for foul weather flying. But, now that the jets are all glass and have modern appliances, why would someone want to disregard that technology for the "experience" of hand flying? And hand flying every leg for that matter. Nuts.