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Old 12th June 2004 | 15:39
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Flying_Tuur
 
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From: hotel around the corner...
Push button pilots?

Fully agree with what whatunion says...

Personally I encourage my F/O's in doing a visual approach, and didn't we all cock-up? Isn't that part of a learning process?
Although it rarely happens, as soon as I'm not comfortable with what my F/O is doing, I will suggest him to take appropriate action, resulting in a nice stabilized visual, and a good experience for the F/O.

I know that modern aircraft are designed to be flown automatically, but I strongly disagree with people whe rarely fly a raw data or visual approach when conditions are good for it. In the end, you might end up in an emergency where you have to fly a raw data or visual where the conditions are less than favourable, and that's not the time to start thinking about how exactly you used to fly these machines in the old days.

So for me, as much 'basic' flying as possible if conditions are ok for it: low ATC load, not a lot of traffic around, weather well above Cat1, no vicious terrain around, ... and those conditions happen quite a lot, even in the UK.
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