Hand Flying policy
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The AP was the biggest thing I had to learn along with the FMS (and ramp control? What’s that?). Hand flying was all I knew, and was my comfort zone. I forced myself to use the autopilot until I was comfortable. Then I found my hand flying skills had atrophied, so I started hand flying to cruise, or at least 10k and again at least base to final before configuring. With exceptions...after a red eye, or in bad WX, busy ATC environments, I’ll use the AP longer on approach, sometimes to 500’.
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If you're worried about it, don't be. Sounds like you'll be more than capable of the actual flying part, so it won't take as much of your brain power as you learn the other stuff
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