FAA Encourages Pilots To Hand Fly More

[SarDragon]

Well, since the weight of the autopilot system on a B757 is pretty close to the all-up weight of my 150K, I really don't need to be told that I should hand-fly.

Or are they saying I shouldn't use the trim wheel so much . . ?

Well, you could get your feet off the rudder pedals!

There's white caps in the aft toilets!

The ancient and antique autopilot in the C-117 would cause small vertical oscillations in the back of the plane when engaged. It wasn't too noticeable to the passengers, because of the seat arrangement, but the potty was especially vulnerable since it was all the way aft. It was customary to turn the autopilot off when someone was in the can, just to be nice. Once in a while, pilot would turn the autopilot back on while someone was taking care of business.

Results were variable, but almost always funny.

[a2capt]

So, when it goes on and off when someone is occupying the room.. it's the Auto Potty.

[SarDragon]

Bizackly! 

[FlyTiger77]

But, on the other hand, the front seat was the best seat in the house.

FTFY.

Low level in a Snake in the CP/G seat was like riding the nose of a bullet.  Sheer awesome.

I have about .9 or 1.1 of stick time in an AH-1. Mostly on MTFs.

It was a good time. There was nothing quite as exciting as firing a pair of rockets for the first time.

The Maintenance Test Pilot course for the AH-1 was the most demanding Army school I ever attended.