Originally Posted by
ok45
Hi, just flew with an instructor that insisted that it is a good airmanship to keep the feet resting lightly in the rudder pedals in cruise even when the autopilot is on, just in case he said.
While the company policy only requires to do so in critical phase of flight (which I'm doing), a few other pilots I met actually supported his idea, i.e.: feet on rudder throughout the flight.
What do you think about this topic? does your operator have any policy on this? any reference on this topic from any regulators/manufacturers? for context we are flying Airbus jet and honestly I think its a bad idea to touch the rudder pedal at high altitude in any jet.
Instructor needs a course on being less nervous, the history of jet transport design, LOC accidents on same and if on Airbus FBW, (and probably Boeing), a damn good read of the FCOM. He (or she) doesn't understand jets, flight control laws, risk management and jet upsets.
There is always some idiot who has to reinvent the wheel. If this persists contact fleet.