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a/p REFUSAL
The captain should have said he wanted to wait for the weather. Refusing because the A/P is inop is lame. You are supposed to be a professional. What, can't hand fly?
Leave out the A/P excuse and I would agree
I know several people who used to have to hand fly a Lear at 410 from the midwest to the west coast.
Leave out the A/P excuse and I would agree
I know several people who used to have to hand fly a Lear at 410 from the midwest to the west coast.
It wasn't that the AP didn't WORK ! That was a spurious argument !! As was the time of day, or whether he felt ok. If he didn't his response ws he was "fatigued". The real question was, whether he *could* land cat1 or 2 upon destination arrival because cat3 can't be flown without the autopilot and autothrottle operating. The answer is NOT whether you CAN
But whether you SHOULD! Too many times CAPT's make the right decision and base it on the WRONG reasonings. And THAT puts them right in the bullseye of Management, because the MEL is a "LEGAL" document as well as an operational document.
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