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Old 28th Dec 2016, 06:19
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It's also something that we subtly get trained at on every flight as we keep our scan going observing a range of reasonable pitch attitudes and power settings for various stages.
"We keep our scan going" Since the flight director is (rightly or wrongly) the dominant instrument in current jet transports, most pilots invariably find to their concern they lose the skill needed to scan effectively. Their gaze is 100% on FD indications from lift-off to short final. Plus they are on full automation for hours at a time, then how does subtle training occur?
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