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Old 19th May 2013 | 11:58
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sabenaboy
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Vilas, I don't understand why you're telling this to me. I think you're misunderstanding something: In my previous post I was telling cosmiccommet about the same thing as you were telling me !
So I agree with all you said in your post above.

However, you said one thing I do NOT agree with:
If you are not comfortable due to conditions you should let the automation do the job
My reply to that is: If one does not feel comfortable in a certain situation and needs to rely on automation to get the job done, one does not belong in the cockpit. ( I'm not talking about lowvis procedures of course, but, for example, about pilots who would be unable to cope with stormy conditions in manual thrust and need to rely on the a/thr to get the plane safely on the runway. In our company we are convinced that we, the pilots, do a better job in managing the thrust levers in gusty conditions, then the a/thr can. But I will always use GS mini guidance once I'm in landing configuration.)

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