Hi,Pitch is important, but really the most important factor in flying manually is the combination of thrust+pitch which equals an Airspeed. I wouldn't focus on pitch on approaches, for example. What pitch is needed in certain regimes on flight is one thing, but the airspeed is the most important thing to watch for. Pitch is secondary, and trimming out the pitch changes is really "tertiary" (not unimportant mind you, but not the MOST important thing in the big picture) if I use a word like that.With large jets, you want to "target" certain flight "packages" in different phases of flight. With a "package" I mean a combination of thrust, pitch and airspeed. With different weights and conditions the needed thrust and resulting pitch will both change. But the airspeed targets remain fairly the same (not talking about V-speeds) generally speaking. And airspeed is the only measure that will count in the end.So my advise would be to not perhaps stare at pitch so hard, but to take it into the equation as one part, to help control the aircraft more smoothly. For example when doing a steep turn on a heavy jet, adjusting the nose to a certain pitch value and keeping it there is a much easier approach to keep altitude than by trying to hunt the VSI or keep the Altimeter frozen. This is just one example.Tero

RIGHT !! -- and that is the point of my more detailed response below. There is the intuitive sense that people can have about a plane that throttle is about speed when it is really about thrust and lift. This leads to bad habits, including over-reliance on the throttle, especially since trim and pitch are more difficult to handle in MSFS. The key thing I learned from my instructor is how to best use pitch as the primary focus in controlling airspeed. Once you get the hang of it, it makes flying so much more fun even in just MSFS. I used to look at pitch on the PFD, but not really pay attention to it -- now I never let it out of my sight for long!Rob G

I do agree with you, of course. I think this is easier to understand in the real plane or an LDS where pitch is easier to appreciate as part of the "package" as you describe it. For the simmers like me who do not have your experience in the more realistic setting, though, we have a tendency to have an underappreciation of pitch because it is not as easy to handle and as intuitive to manage, especially in MSFS. So we tend to neglect it. Obviously it would also be an equal mistake to neglect thrust. I did find, however, in the LDS that adjusting my thrust around pitch gave me better control of the airplane. Maybe it is more perception than reality, since I certainly did keep my hand on the throttle and my eye on the VS gauge, too.Rob G