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Old 29th Jan 2013, 08:24
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Fantom:
without FD and AP and ATHR
Airbus? Are you joking?

Do not do it.
You're the one joking right? If anything it's far easier to hand-fly the bus than a Boeing raw data...

Autoflight:
AP on immediately after take-off with auto land, where possible, should be considered normal.
You're kidding too, right?

In answer to the OP: on mediumhaul (A321) I used to do at least one or two raw data approaches a week (no A/P F/D A/T), but an entire hand-flown sector probably only about once a year. They're a pain because cruise is the time to do paperwork and fuel checks, and the fun/challenging bits are climb and descent anyway. Plus you really have to be flight-planned below FL290 otherwise it's RVSM and the A/P should probably be engaged.

Now on medium/longhaul (B744) I never do an entire hand-flown sector for obvious reasons, although I try to do one raw data descent/approach a month if I can.

I have never flown for an airline that discouraged manual flight and hope I never have to.
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