Originally Posted by
Smokey23
Funny...someone who jumpseats on us a lot would have probably noticed that the -700 six-pack EFIS displays have been gone for almost two years.
I guess it's "painful" to watch a pilot actually fly the aircraft instead of watching a pilot watch the automation fly the aircraft?
Southwest always touts to the news how it's doing new and more efficient things, and then I realize that it's something other carriers have been doing for 20 years.
I'll never forget the article that had a title like "passengers will notice a smoother descent on southwest flights soon." What was the article about? WN finally turning on VNAV in 2006.
The fact of the matter is that WN is many times decades behind other carriers in technology and safety implementation, but it has such a fanboy base that they don't realize it.