Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Must have been a long while back.
Are you Frank Abignale?
yeah, so long ago that it was between 2007 and now..
as for what DAL 88 driver said... he's 100% correct.. the "kids" learning to fly on glass cockpit trainers and then going to CRJ's with NDs are missing a major and critical / formative part of what makes for a good aviator.. map, needle, and a ham sandwich! If you can't do basic navigation, when all that electronic fancy stuff goes away, what are you going to do then??
I'm not some old crusty steam gauge driver who's bitter about not having glass cockpit time, to the contrary, most of my time is in advanced glass airplanes, but I've also got some straight citation time and classic whale time and I can tell you, there's a lot more to situational awareness than a picture tube with a "you are here" arrow..