Originally Posted by
Mesabah
I haven't really had any problems with any of the FO's, and generally I am the first captain a lot of these guys will fly with straight off of OE. The only thing I don't get is the guys that like to hand fly to 10,000 ft. Don't get me wrong, hand flying the landings is essential, however the takeoffs are pointless. It just puts an unnecessary burden on the other pilot.
The POM encourages hand flying. Most people here became pilots to fly an airplane, it gets old letting the AP do everything. It makes sense to me to hand fly on non-busy takeoffs to stay sharp. It definitely takes more concentration to hand fly a takeoff up to 10,000. Also, the one time you need to hand fly after something goes wrong you will not only have confidence in flying the plane you will have practiced so you know exactly what you should be doing. There are captains that like to hand fly so this isn't an FO vs captain thing.