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Originally Posted by labbats
Those captains have hand flown 1000s of times and don’t need to anymore.
If what you say is true, then that's heartening. But every sign I get is that what I see is the norm (and tacit expectation) for both seats here. Of course we may have different experiences.
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When 90% of pilots do something is it usually them or the 10% doing it wrong?
I'm disappointed to see anyone advance this argument. One time 90% of training was to keep the nose up in a stall. 90% of pilots smoked in the cockpit. Etc.
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Originally Posted by detpilot
When I was at the regionals, the older, more experienced captains tended to hand fly, while the younger captains tended to be of the "gear up, autopilot on" mentality.
Interesting, my experience is the opposite. Of the little hand flying I see, most is by the younger Captains.
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Another aspect of all this, besides our duty to maintain proficiency, is... don't people
want to fly? I, for one, take pleasure in flying (it's why I took up this job, after all) so it's completely bizarre to me to see the issue framed as doing the minimum to fulfill some unpleasant chore, and as soon as that's checked off, you "don't need to" anymore, with excuses made up to justify it. It just kills me whenever we're doing a visual into some sleepy class C or D, on a clear beautiful day and we're the only ones on frequency, and the other guy still controls the plane like an Etch-a-sketch until 1000 feet. I only don't ask for him to give me those, to avoid being annoying.