Just wondering of there is much opportunity to practice hand flying/raw data etc?
I'm guessing that you are asking during regular line operations? Sure..! Most guys do hand fly from time to time, challenging ATC environments, WX, or tired in the middle of the night being the exceptions.
Do fos taxi? From looking at ana cockpit pics on airliners it seems there are normally two tillers
F/O's do taxi on their sectors on passenger flights, the freighters only have a tiller on the left side.
With the number of destinations that Air Japan fly is it still interesting or does it really matter? We have a couple of pretty interesting destinations but with the shorter overnights and the constant change from night to day operations, most of the time the only interesting thing you will find is a fluffy pillow and the "do not disturb" sign
