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Old 10th Jun 2002, 13:38
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I don't know about:

My mate has said that his friend who is a pilot for a big airline, almost never lands manually and only practices them on occasions eg. once a month.
Autoland has a number of limitations eg 10 knots crosswind etc so for autolands to become the normal method of landing you would have to fly to destinations that don't have strong winds etc.
Besides, as a pilot, I enjoy doing landings myself and can't see any reason to give away a landing to an aircraft.
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