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Old 8th January 2001 | 10:35
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boofhead
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I fly with FOs who cannot do a visual circuit without the Flight Director, who cannnot fly a non-precision approach without the autopilot, who cannot calculate a descent point without the FMC, and who would never attempt to fly an approach manually unless the vis was at least 1500 metres. They routinely allow the autopilot to do the approach down to 500 feet then disconnect and proudly claim to have flow a "manual" ILS. They never fly a VOR or NDB if there is an ILS available, and ask for a different runway if they have more than 15 knots of crosswind. They cannot fly a visual approach unless they have an ILS glideslope or PAPI.
Why do they do these things? Because their Captains also do them, and they refuse to let the FOs do it any other way.
And just consider; these FOs are tomorrow's captains.
Flying skills? Don't make me laugh.