Originally Posted by DAL73n

Actually, that's nothing compared to the old 727 Captains that were so terrified of glass that when they couldn't follow the last 727 around anymore they retired rather than go to school for the 73N, 757, 767 or 777. Some of them had very low seniority numbers and swore by steam powered gauges and hand flying (plus the hand holding by a F/O and Engineer - kept them out of trouble).