Logging auto pilot time?
After a bit of flying with a friend yesterday, and watching at Duxford, while waiting to takeoff, The Spitfire, Harvard, and Chipmunk, I was reminded of the beauty of aircraft which are "flown" by the pilot. While reminiscing at the pub last night with a fellow flier, we both agreed, that for many thousands of hours we each had, less than 50 hours total was watching the aircraft in our command while it flew on autopilot, all the rest was hand flown. We were duly satisfied with ourselves.
Then as the discussion grew to so recent crashes, we mused about pilots with many thousands of hours, most of which were watching as the autopilot flew the plane. We wondered: Should pilots be credited with flying experience hours in their log, which were autopilot flown hours?