When the weather is bad, or at the end of a long duty period, maximum use of the automatics is appropriate. In some emergencies the automatics are your best friend. In others they could be your worst enemy.
But any pilot who can not hand fly takeoff to 10,000 feet and 10,000 feet to touchdown on a CAVOK day, and do so willingly, and with the support of Company policy, is setting the scene to fail his next simulator. The Company which prohibits such practice deserves it too.
We, as professionals, owe that much to the people who really pay us.....our passengers.
Last edited by Mach E Avelli; 13th Apr 2015 at 21:37.