The choice of HSI mode or MAP mode when flying the ILS
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Australia
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I always try to hand fly an ILS using raw data and the expanded ILS (on the ND).
Most pilots don’t mind, younger generation captain tell me
“I’m not using the aircraft equipment properly. The MAP mode is the best way to navigate.”
Also I’ve had a captain tell me
“I shouldn’t use the standby ILS for normal opp’s, it’s a standby instrument”.
All a load of crap, I like using the standby ILS as it gives me lots of useful information in the circuit and on the intercept.
During my last sim check, the check captain did ask the other pilot “When did you last practise a raw data ILS”, he said “never because captains don’t like me hand flying”.
Sad, sad world this has become.
Most pilots don’t mind, younger generation captain tell me
“I’m not using the aircraft equipment properly. The MAP mode is the best way to navigate.”
Also I’ve had a captain tell me
“I shouldn’t use the standby ILS for normal opp’s, it’s a standby instrument”.
All a load of crap, I like using the standby ILS as it gives me lots of useful information in the circuit and on the intercept.
During my last sim check, the check captain did ask the other pilot “When did you last practise a raw data ILS”, he said “never because captains don’t like me hand flying”.
Sad, sad world this has become.
