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Old 15th Apr 2013, 02:35
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bubbers44
 
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Centaurus, nobody in my generation of pilots would descend more than 30 ft below 200 at missed approach because we didn't need an autopilot, we just hand flew most of our approaches. We would rather hand fly it than take our chances with the AP. None of us would have landed in the water using radar and hand flying skills. Radar will tell you where the cells are low level if you point it up over 5 degrees and flying skills means you don't have to look down to find a button to push. Automation is great but it makes a lot of pilots forget how to fly. Most of the time because of the airline SOPs not letting them because of their low time. I thought Air France was teaching manual flying skills again, guess not. Not in their budget?
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