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Old 5th May 2006, 17:10
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abracadabra
 
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Doubt you'll find many pilots who know how many minutes they hand-fly!

Generally speaking, as long as:

the weather is ok
I am not tired
there is nothing wrong with the aeroplane
I am familiar with the airfield
we are not in a busy TMA
the captain is happy for me to do it

then I hand-fly every departure (to a few thousand feet, but I engage the autopilot before levelling) and every arrival (from about 2000-3000 feet agl).

I fly the Dash-8
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