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Old 21st August 2004 | 20:01
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BlenderPilot
 
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80% of my hours are helicopter, but the other 20% is in business jets, and everytime I fly with some of the business jet pilots what never ceases to amaze me is how reluctant most of them are to take the controls and fly the aircraft, even if they so much more stable and easy to fly than helicopters. I guess is that they get to fly so little since the AP's so most of the work that most have lost the ability to handle the aircraft.

To me flying these corporate planes has become more of a button pushing task than a flying task. It's the differece between being a pilot and a systems operator.

Of course landing a Hawker at Millon Air and getting the red carpet treatment is usually better than landing in the middle of nowhere and have dog come bark at you, and the money is usually better too.
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