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Old 8th Dec 2019, 19:13
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Retired DC9 driver
 
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It will change again in the future when people think and realize that flying a proper aircraft like a 727 or a DC9 had such good manual handling characteristics to teach us our business.
I think part of that was , the DC-9-32s I flew, we also learned to glance at the fast/slow "doughnut" or AOA display. At least I did; say short final into LGA for 31..Same later when I transitioned to the B-767, another enjoyable aircraft to hand fly.

Actually the Airbus, a light 319 in particular will handle quite nicely. Autopilot off, Flight Directors off, Speed push..One night, into ORD, for 10L I think, Aeroflot landed ahead of us, and stopped on the runway. Tower quickly said (at about 300 AGL) "A..#### can you accept a sidestep to 9R?" I said sure."Cleared to land.09R." 3 items above, bank left, bank right line up on new runway. F/O looked a bit surprised, and I didn't have time to brief it.

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