Originally Posted by
BARKINGMAD
C’mon skygods of Europe, why don’t you ‘fess up that few if any have handflown the ‘frame at max cruise AUW at optimum/max altitude?
I do this every so often, just as I will hand-fly other segments of a particular flight. I don’t find high altitude to be particularly challenging compared to, say, a hand-flown arrival and approach. YMMV.