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Old 3rd Nov 2012, 07:19
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de facto
 
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As an IRE I have watched on countless occasions in the simulator, experienced Boeing captains attempting to fly an ILS in a 15 knot crosswind on raw data hand flying. No AP, FD or AT. The majority fail an instrument rating because they seems helpless in their instrument scan under these conditions.
Send them to China

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