Passengers handling the controls

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Well that one adds a layer of meaning to the term "handling pilot".

Smutty asides aside, the answer probably depends on how many hours your knees have logged on type. I assume that as a doctor you can medically certify your knees as fit for flight duties.


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PS: IO540, you said "frequent", not commonplace, apologies, but even if frequent that's still a cause for gloom about the venal naughtiness of those who thus disgrace the noble and selfless traditions of the yuk-brown folder