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Old 19th Jan 2010, 06:40
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framer
 
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I would not expect to sit as a passenger in the back of an aircraft behind anyone who could not hand fly the thing using raw data down to minimas with one engine out and then complete a circling approach procedure and land safely.
JW411.....I agree that that is what should be the case. Just for your info though.....you should not expect that now days in many countries/airlines. I would guess that about 80% of the people I fly with could do that no problem. The rest.....doubt it. And that is with a carrier with a good reputation. A friend of mine recently took LWOP and flew in India, he said he had F/O's who could not hand fly straight and level on vectors in IMC. He was not joking, he described teaching as many as possible the basics while there were 200 people in the back. These F/o's will be Captains within the next 3-10 years.
It is not going to be pretty.
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