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Old 3rd March 2010 | 11:42
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despegue
 
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Any pilot who does not routinely handfly the aircraft WITHOUT the F/D has no place on the flightdeck. And I surely do not want myself or my family subjected to his/hers flying "skills" should the need arise to prove them.
Any Airline that forbids raw-data flying should have its AOC revoked for serious breaches in training and safety and the idiots making these rules should be fired on the spot.
Voila, again a very stern view by me to counter some of these computer geeks wanting the aura of being a pilot but being in reality a willing slave of automation without any spine, gut or responsability towards its proficiency and as a result a danger in the air.
You MUST be able to fly a raw-date approach on-speed, on-glide and SMOOTHLY or what are you doing in the cockpit anyhow?! It is the BASIC of being a pilot, the thing they taught you the very first flying lesson.
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