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#91
How long did you instruct? I don't know many instructors that would be shown up by their students when it comes to hand flying abilities. I think you are way off on your perception with this topic. Most instructors take an approach or two now and then to demonstrate the proper technique to their students, and most are very proficient with flying as well. I'll take a experienced CFII any day as a copilot over a new 300 hour wonder who just finished an instrument syllabus.
#92
I instructed for two years. My CFI/II expired during indoc at my regional. So it was right at 2 solid years. I do not miss one bit of it.
I never said I didn't learn anything instructing. I learned more instructing than during my training for ratings. I could fly a 172 like no other. But it did nothing to prepare me for flying a jet.
I never said I didn't learn anything instructing. I learned more instructing than during my training for ratings. I could fly a 172 like no other. But it did nothing to prepare me for flying a jet.
#93
I have found that CRM works a lot better in the cockpit when I'm surrounded by pilots, not guys who are more distracted with showing off their intense leadership and decision making skills....it's an airline flight, not a frigging shuttle launch.
Cooperate-graduate as opposed to "I'll show you that I can be the knucklhead in the left seat".
FF
#94
You guys are right and missing the point. The automation is a tool not crutch. The flight director is reactionary. It reacts to constantly changing attitude, configuration, temperature, turbulence, thrust settings, etc., to compute guidance. I have seen pilots who had to rely on the FD to fly constantly chase it and in so doing produced their own oscillations. I know in the 757/767 it takes 18-20 degrees NU pitch to maintain V2+20 to 1000, 12 degrees to accelerate to flaps up speed, and 10 degrees to maintain 250. I don't need a FD to tell me that. So guess what, that's what I pitch to and lo and behold the FD follows me and locks on to that to tell me I've got good guidance. I don't merely chase it up and down and hope I do what its guiding me to. That leads to an uncomfortable ride for all. And knowledge of this leads mastery to the airplane.
BTW for an RJ, its 12-15 degrees NU for V2+20 to 1000, 10 degrees for 200 knots, 7 1/2 degrees for 250 and 2 1/2 to 3 degrees for 290 enroute climb. Try locking those pitch attitudes and you will find the FD follows you like an obedient dog.
BTW for an RJ, its 12-15 degrees NU for V2+20 to 1000, 10 degrees for 200 knots, 7 1/2 degrees for 250 and 2 1/2 to 3 degrees for 290 enroute climb. Try locking those pitch attitudes and you will find the FD follows you like an obedient dog.
FF
#95
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Absolutely - Great post DAL4EVER...
If you don't believe it, kill the FD one day and find the correct pitch-attitudes for what you're flying...then have your PNF re-engage it at some point and watch it come right in to meet you on the artificial horizon.
If you don't believe it, kill the FD one day and find the correct pitch-attitudes for what you're flying...then have your PNF re-engage it at some point and watch it come right in to meet you on the artificial horizon.
#96
I instructed for two years. My CFI/II expired during indoc at my regional. So it was right at 2 solid years. I do not miss one bit of it.
I never said I didn't learn anything instructing. I learned more instructing than during my training for ratings. I could fly a 172 like no other. But it did nothing to prepare me for flying a jet.
I never said I didn't learn anything instructing. I learned more instructing than during my training for ratings. I could fly a 172 like no other. But it did nothing to prepare me for flying a jet.
All you do in the airlines is fly instruments, if you don't think all your experience teaching instruments helped you in moving on to higher performance airplanes my perception is you're smoking something.
#97
How long did you instruct? I don't know many instructors that would be shown up by their students when it comes to hand flying abilities. I think you are way off on your perception with this topic. Most instructors take an approach or two now and then to demonstrate the proper technique to their students, and most are very proficient with flying as well. I'll take a experienced CFII any day as a copilot over a new 300 hour wonder who just finished an instrument syllabus.
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