"John Gaquin" wrote

In both the 727 and 747, my general rule of thumb was that I
would take-off and hand fly to FL250; on approach, I would
disengage at 10K and hand fly the rest of the way. Of course,
weather, crew fatigue, and regulation would take precedence.

Gee, John, that didn't leave much time to eat and read
the newspaper did it? :-)

Bob Moore