Originally Posted by
Mudhen200
As to our pilots not playing along in VNAV. That won't be a problem. It is sad to say, but I have not flown with an FO hired after about 2007 that could plan his/her own descent. They do not know how to fly the jet in anything but VNAV. They have never been taught how to do a 3 to 1. Every descent is done in VNAV and boards out, or VNAV and power up.
I'm trying to figure out what your post means. What are these newer guys doing? What could they do differently? I fly the majority of my descents flight idle in VNAV. It's not that I can't do it any other way, it's just my preferred method.