Hand Flying policy
10-09-2017, 11:23 AM
#42
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Originally Posted by jcountry
If you think you are hand flying an Airbus, you are mistaken.
10-09-2017, 04:23 PM
#44
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Originally Posted by thevagabond
I think I sat next to you once. You're that guy who told me airliners weren't designed to be hand flown. And you set out trying to prove it with every landing.
So much fun. So many printouts after all your approaches.
And really..... What's the point of hand-flying the damn thing? It doesn't have a "feel." You really aren't doing anything except following the FD. Whoop Tee Doo!
10-09-2017, 04:35 PM
#45
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Originally Posted by jcountry
I bet you are one of those fun guys who punches off the AT every landing too....
So much fun. So many printouts after all your approaches.
And really..... What's the point of hand-flying the damn thing? It doesn't have a "feel." You really aren't doing anything except following the FD. Whoop Tee Doo!
So much fun. So many printouts after all your approaches.
And really..... What's the point of hand-flying the damn thing? It doesn't have a "feel." You really aren't doing anything except following the FD. Whoop Tee Doo!
The ones at our airline that leave it on every landing and think there is no feel are the scary ones that end up getting into trouble. That scan atrophies QUICK when you operate the way you describe. Turn off the FD's too and fly a visual pattern... you might find she even has a feel to her.
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