Originally Posted by protectthehornet
And does your airline allow you to dispatch with all autopilots inop? I've gone all day with no autopilot, or autothrottles (yes in jets...DC9/737) and I kept my situational awareness and ate a calzone all at the same time.
Clever boy
Your attitude is real cowboy stuff
I did my cowboy stuff when I was younger and more stupid (first 4000 hours without AP thankyou) - seems you haven't grown out of that kind of thing..
Besides - AP not available by MEL is one thing, just handflying (from TOD too which I think is totally POINTLESS) for the sake of it is another.. Handflying the approach is fine if rested, good F/O, quiet ATC etc but more often than not it's very busy at my homebase and at the end of a 12 hour duty (16 hours if on ULR) too - handflying is not the way to go...
Sorry to digress folks but I can't understand this guy's operation at all......