Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - quick checkride question

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler \| Airline Operations \| quick checkride question
DVA3355 Senior Captain, B777-200 Joined on July 19 2006 Online Century Club Flying Colonel Everett 1500 Club Four Million Mile Club DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary "guiding you home..." Denver, CO USA 1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours 181 legs, 715.0 hours online 1,891 legs, 8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs, 67.1 hours event	Posted onPost created on August 01 2006 23:20 ET by Daniel Hodnik
	Hey guys, I recently was promoted to 738 captain but want to move to the MD-88 program. I passed the written and now have been asked to complete a checkride. All I have been given is a route to fly... Should departure/approach be flown by hand? Is it alright to use radar contact as my ATC? Thanks, Dan H
DVA2855 Captain, MD-11 Joined on January 29 2006 Online Double Century Club Long Beach Century Club Quatercentenary Club DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary "Cleared to Land, Delta 2855 Heavy!!!" Glenville, WV 467 legs, 1,453.6 hours 431 legs, 1,349.6 hours online 414 legs, 1,306.4 hours ACARS 10 legs, 40.7 hours event	Posted onPost created on August 02 2006 17:28 ET by Michael Holmes
	There should have been specific instructions like to hand fly the airplane up to 10k then autopilot is allowed, then on the descent, at 10k, shut the autopilot back off and hand fly the airplane. Usually handflying the ILS approach. I have only had one vis approach on a CR! Cheers!
DVA2253 Senior Captain, DC-8-61 COMM Joined on April 01 2005 Everett 250 Club Online Century Club Eight Century Club DVA Ten-Year Anniversary "I'd rather be flying!" Church Hill, TN USA 862 legs, 1,344.5 hours 108 legs, 165.2 hours online 299 legs, 485.1 hours ACARS	Posted onPost created on August 02 2006 20:01 ET by George Lewis
	Daniel, The best thing I can recommend is that you contact your Chief Pilot (Larry Foltran, MD-88) and ask him these questions. You might also want to send the email to the assistant Chief Pilot as well - Tyrone Weston - you can find their email addresses to the left on the OUR STAFF link.

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