So had some interesting and spirited conversation with @mad dog this holiday weekend on the culture of automation at various airlines.
After watching the AA “Children Of The Magenta Line” video I was under the impression that the 121 world was embracing a gradual culture shift to allowing/encouraging hand flying when appropriate or at least using lower levels of AP like HDG and VS modes when things got hairy.
But it seems at Delta the culture is to “fix the computer” at all costs, even going heads down typing in a busy terminal environment - and hand flying is verboten.
So I’d like to hear about the culture at your airline around FMS, AP/AT and what your ops manual and training says and what’s considered good manners or accepted behavior. (Delta example, hand flying makes the other pilot “work” more cross checking therefore bad manners).
It’s an interesting topic. Please share your thoughts as experiences.
After watching the AA “Children Of The Magenta Line” video I was under the impression that the 121 world was embracing a gradual culture shift to allowing/encouraging hand flying when appropriate or at least using lower levels of AP like HDG and VS modes when things got hairy.
But it seems at Delta the culture is to “fix the computer” at all costs, even going heads down typing in a busy terminal environment - and hand flying is verboten.
So I’d like to hear about the culture at your airline around FMS, AP/AT and what your ops manual and training says and what’s considered good manners or accepted behavior. (Delta example, hand flying makes the other pilot “work” more cross checking therefore bad manners).
It’s an interesting topic. Please share your thoughts as experiences.