Originally Posted by
RetiredBA/BY
Just WHY do some carriers discourage manual flying, surely an essential element to maintain flying skills to enable them to deal with the unexpected, but possible.
It seems bizarre to me that one major, at least, prohibits manual thrust operation BUT allows despatch with AT
Inop. The captain of the A320 which lost its cowls, had never, according to the AAIB report, flown the ac with manual thrust and then had to resort to split, PF PNF, speed control.
If an airline is employing captains who can't decide where and when to do a little hand flying to maintain skills they have the wrong people in the LHS!
......or perhaps they have the wrong people making such management decisions!
Where's the 'like' button when you need it ?
I couldn't agree more.