Dozy.
Re your point 1. yep, having a yoke didn't save them. Perhaps these two F/Os might have been saved by the intervention of their Captain though, if he could have quickly grasped what was occurring?
He would have grasped it more clearly if he could have SEEN what inputs PF was making.
Agree?
Dozy.
Re my point about the autos making us lazy.
I guess you agree.
The less you fly, the less you CAN fly.
If you rarely fly, your skills diminish.
If you NEVER fly (and where I work the AP goes in at 1000 agl and stays in til final) you'll soon not be a pilot at all.
Surely 'piloting skills' ought to be valued in an aircraft pilot?
No.
Sometimes, as I'm driving to work, I think...'why am I flying this thing? what makes me the pilot instead of, say, an engineer- or that guy who taught me 'flat-panel'?
Or indeed, any guy who can wrestle the airacraft up to AP min engagement height!
What right do I have to call myself the 'grand fromage' pilot?
Last edited by BarbiesBoyfriend; 17th Aug 2011 at 01:38.