Originally Posted by
cessnapete
Not talking about cruise flight!
You were.
Originally Posted by
cessnapete
Its not just some Asian and ME Carriers who mandate almost continuous Automatic route flying.
British Airways SOPs ban any manual route handling.(Manual flight defined as, manual control of speed and flightpath)
BA SOPs dictate continuous Auto-throttle on all types except the B744..
Perhaps English isn't your first language. Saying
route flying implies aircraft in the en-route phase of flight. i.e. not on approach/departure.