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Old 6th Sep 2011, 20:43
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Sky Wave
 
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Question: was this hand flown (as I suspect) or a/p ?
Agree with el commandante.

A medical diversion is the last time that you'd want to be hand flying.

It would almost certainly have been flown with A/P & A/T in until established on final.

You're probably high on profile with ATC giving you short cuts towards final approach, you have to programme MCDU, find the plates, brief the approach and G/A, tell the passengers what's going on, advise the company (time permitting) all whilst trying to manage the energy associated with the short cuts and ensure that you're stable and "in the grove" when you need to be. The last thing you want is the PNF working like a one armed paper hangar whilst this is going on.
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