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Politics : The Arab-Israeli Solution

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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (252)4/10/2001 10:36:43 AM
From: TheBusDriver  Read Replies (1) of 2279
 
<<Well, it may have been on autopilot, but I would suggest that having it that way would be negligence on the US pilot's part since he would not have had immediate control of the aircraft, IMO.
But I'm not sure if the autopilot disengages automatically once the pilot goes "hands on".>>

Should have known I would find you over here<grin>

Been awhile since I was in the air navy but you are dead wrong about the autopilot. This would be normal procedure. Being on autopilot by no means implys the pilot is not in full control of his aircraft. Autopilot can be overridden by the pilot taking control of the "stick".

Wayne
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