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Old 15th Sep 2020, 07:42
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Yes, however not necessarily lazy pilot. Perhaps the pilots whose company SOPs mandate using the automatics. Or the tired pilot who does not want to risk making a mistake after a night Atlantic crossing or whatever, and having to go-around and incur more cost for the airline in fuel and a late arrival and writing a report.

The person(s) who need to take action are the chief pilots; They need to come up with ways of keeping their pilot's manual flying and instrument scans sharp. Such things need regular actual practice to keep them honed and stop them going rusty, but we are not allowed to take the aircraft home to practise in our own time.

Ways could be employed on the line during normal Ops to help keep skills sharp and need not cost extra.
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