m80drvr
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At a fractional I flew at we did circling approaches. They were flown in final config, with the flying pilot putting in all the autopilot inputs and looking outside and inside. The NFP was backing him up outside BUT was in charge of giving him trend and altitude information. IE altitude and speed trend information. It worked very well.
Don't make this harder than it is, if you are the FP then fly the damn airplane, that includes putting in the AP inputs. If you are the NFP back the FP and keep him out of the weeds, and give him the FD or AP inputs that he wants. Remember most of us flew circling approaches in a 172 or a 402 freighter (or similar) at some point. A 737 or for that matter a 747 is just bigger but you have another set of eyes to help you out.
Keep it simple
Don't make this harder than it is, if you are the FP then fly the damn airplane, that includes putting in the AP inputs. If you are the NFP back the FP and keep him out of the weeds, and give him the FD or AP inputs that he wants. Remember most of us flew circling approaches in a 172 or a 402 freighter (or similar) at some point. A 737 or for that matter a 747 is just bigger but you have another set of eyes to help you out.
Keep it simple
