Originally Posted by
Blueskies21
As far as the autopilot at 600 thing, at my previous airline if you didn't hand fly to 10,000 ft the guy next to you was probably gonna think you were a pansy, many guys hand flew all the way to cruise. At XJ most guys DO turn on the autopilot at 600', I've seen some make it to 1000' so it's definately a company culture thing. I was told that XJ is that way b/c of the Minneapolis FSDO.
Most at Mesaba on the CRJ turn the A/P on at 600 feet?? Wow that is early.
What is with the Minneapolis FSDO? I'm curious to hear what the deal with that is after you mentioned it.