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Old 29th Aug 2017, 20:10
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cessnapete
 
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Im amazed at the stuff being written here by pilots re hands on controls. Surely every pilot from Cessna150 to B777 etc is taught to fly with one hand on the control column/yoke /stick and one hand on the power management control/s from before the flare, to touchdown/go around. Especially in aircraft with automatics, to cover the failure, mismanagement of said automatics.
Its simple pilot stuff, or airmanship, which seems to be disappearing in some airline SOPS.
Not being sexist, but even my mates slim lightweight daughter can fly a B744 with one hand, normal SOP in her Big Airline.
Not having flown with it, but a system which says 'long landing'' mandating a a crew to perform a go around (botched) with 9000ft plus runway remaining, defies logic.
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