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Old 6th May 2006, 13:58
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dragchute
 
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Form 645 12/2005 Item 55 - At least one approach without flight director or autopilot.

Combination of FD/FMS/NAV Sensors/Autopilot may create complexities in themselves requiring planning and management coupled with power management and situational awareness. We can get into more trouble with the 'automatics' on RNAV or ILS than the handskills of the NDB approach.

I think that to concentrate solely on hand-flying leaves a question mark over the candidates knowledge of the 'computer based' systems and his/her procedural skill in restoring the 'status quo' when the garbage-in results in garbage-out!
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