Originally Posted by
1900luxuryliner
I'm not talking about machoism, or coolness, or manliness. I could not care less about that stuff. I'm not talking about extra time in the sim. All I'm saying is, in preparation for the possibility that the autopilot will fail, or the possibility of it being deferred, being able to hand fly it without worrying about safety being affected does not seem too unreasonable, or crazy, to me. Being able to fly an approach is not too crazy and unreasonable, to me. It doesn't matter if you are trained to do it in the sim, or not. It's called having the ability to fly the airplane in the IFR environment. How is that unreasonable???
Thank you. You said it much better than i could. And for the record. I am not just a "box Hauler". I have lots of 121 experience Flying the 74 Classic to every corner of the earth. And several thousand hours of airbus 320 time. If i didnt feel comfortable hand flying any of these machines at altitude. In the event the "magic" fails in cruise flight. I would tear up my ticket and quit flying. However in this Captains case. If he's dealing with several dmi's, weather suks, non precision app, un familar aerodrome, and fatigue, and so on......... Kudos for pulling the plug if you feel over your head. First rounds on me.
Peace out.
Leardriver