If the CAA mandated us recording manually flown, non FD approaches, say a minimum of three every six months, then it would send a message to the industry, and airlines would have to start looking at manual non FD flying in the SIM and actually training it to get everyone up to speed.
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My initial motivation was and remains the simple delight and satisfaction In accurate, smooth hand flying, there seems to be a school of thought now that is old fashioned thinking not in sync with modern aircraft
I think the quotes above illustrate the different attitudes to hand flying. Both agree that hand flying must be mastered, one see it as necessary evil and the other as the pure joy of flying!!