The best way to hone basic IF hand flying skills is to hand fly the aircraft for long periods of time, at altitude in the cruise. Cant be done now, since we have RVSM of course. On accassion we didn't have a servicable auto pilot, so the whole mission was handflown. Skills you attain and maintain. Oh the good old days of cargo!
Last edited by Dan_Brown; 11th Feb 2018 at 18:45.