depends, weather, complexity of departure and arrival route, and my
attitude. sometimes I turn it on at 500 ft and off at 100 ft. sometimes I
hand fly the whole trip.
the only requirement that we have is that above 290 it must be on for RVSM
rules.

R. Burns

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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Brian wrote:
My friend that flys 737's for Alaska Airlines says that he hits that
autopilot button 50 feet off of the ground on Take off and takes the
controls back 50 feet over the ground on landing.

I can't vouch for how accurate it is, but it would surprise me to be
fairly accurate.


I've heard the same from my local bus drivers.