See, when I am flying, I am usually, how should I explain this…?, flying.
I have never had a problem with the AI Co-pilot. I have never turned it on.
I seldom have problems with the the GA autopilot. I seldom have it turned on. In the airliners I will use the automation in the cockpit but because it seems to be notoriously unreliable at times, I am always monitoring my route, confirming my fuel and navigation, planning my descent so when ATC forgets about me I can intervene. Knowing that ATC is likely going to assign me an arrival/approach that wasn’t planned for, I am planning for it, reviewing the plates and charts, so that when the unexpected is thrown at me, I don’t have to scramble while only 15 nm from a transition trying to figure out where I’m going or finding the waypoints to enter into the FMC.
You see, flying is a busy time, even when it’s not busy, because when it IS busy, the last thing I want to be is TOO busy.
Of course, sometimes I will hit the AP just because my beer is empty…
3 Likes