Originally Posted by
CALPilotToo
Because my 3 years on the 756 wasn't all that much flying. I can't recall hand flying too much in my 16 years here.
I'm rather appalled at our airlines lack of hand flying today. I flew out of EWR last week and the F/O couldn't believe that I was hand flying it to cruise. I did tell him that if he felt overloaded with the MCP and radio at anytime, I would put it on.
If you've taken the latest MV and LOE you'll see that the traning departments concerned as well with the latest "back to basics" approach. I personally hand fly always to at least FL 180 and click it off at anywhere from 6-10,000 feet on the way down. As I said earlier, if the F/O feels overwhelmed, I will put it on A/P.
Why do we at Continental, shun hand flying? I still enjoy it and it keeps your skill level up too. After all we are Pilots, right???