Originally Posted by
joe two
Why do passengers think we always make automatic landings ?
Weird.
Because that is often part of the spin put on our job by some in the media and some in management, who like to portray our job as being a doddle. Also, sadly because some of our colleagues who in the days of flight deck visits and now on social media like to tell everybody that their big toy is really "cool".
Ben_s:
Also good to see that Ryan policy allowed for manual flight, if that still the same now, one would hope so given the amount of recent botched landing attempts where some crews lack basic skills due to always using the automatics.
Just for Ben_s's benefit, and to give him some perspective I'll state that personally as a long haul pilot I always I don't think I've done an Autoland (outside of the simulator) in at least 5 years...I doubt many here routinely do autolands, regardless of the airline they work for .