Originally Posted by
Old Boeing Driver
Your presumption would be correct. IMHO
I remember the days of flying a PC check and the only time you would use the auto pilot was when the instructor/check airman was reloading glitches in the simulator.
If you could fly those simulators by hand, you could fly the plane by hand.
It is possible that the guys in this accident had lost some skills by using the automation so much.
Manual go-arounds are probably barely practiced these days in the sim.
Regards,
OBD
The accident aircraft was equipped with HGS (HUD). It was not equipped for Autoland (fully coupled approach). As a result; the Go Around would have been hand flown. At the very least the autopilot was off, and possibly the auto throttles.
My employer uses the same configuration (HGS). All Go Arounds are hand flown. In the Sim, and in the aircraft. My point is this; The 737 not equipped with Autoland requires a manually flown Go Around. If the Autopilot is off during the approach, then the Go Around will be hand flown without auto throttles.