Originally Posted by uplock
cant see why so many guys are spitting the dummy....... Have to say Im surprised over all the hoo hah
The hoohah and teddy-tossing seems to be mainly by guys who can't believe other pilots are actually capable of manual flight.
The policy has
always been to make maximum use of the automation. The FCI formalises the policy, somewhat, and emphasises the intent. Now, if something goes wrong, there is one more meat-hook from which to hang the pilot (as opposed to the policies).
These FCIs or policy reminders normally come about as a result of an event of some kind. I'd like to know what triggered this latest effort from the office.
Meanwhile, some pilots will continue to engage auto-pilot at 200ft with a sigh of relief whilst others will hand-fly until they see fit to engage the auto-pilot because the FCI doesn't stipulate
exactly when to engage it.
The first lot will disengage at the DH or wherever they feel it's safe to "cut in" for a moment whilst the other guys might actually hand-fly the intercept.
So what??? With the size of the egos being bruised here, you'd think it was indeed Maverick, Slider and Mailman we were talking about...
All over a little hand-flying in a straight line.