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Old 11th Feb 2018, 03:42
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parabellum
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There should be no conflict there, and if the PM cannot keep up with your call outs and duties while you are hand flying he or she should find another line of work
Stilton - your statement needs qualification, there are certain ATC environments where the full and undivided attention of both pilots is required whilst the auto system does the work to avoid eroding safety margins. In these ATC environments manual flight can increase the workload on the PM to a point where it becomes such that they are unable to carry out their PM duties, change configurations, change the MCP and communicate with ATC effectively, no fault of the FO, as I'm sure you will have seen in the SIM, it is possible to unrealistically push a pilot beyond a point at which they continue to operate affectively and efficiently, no need for it so don't do it.
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