Originally Posted by
Albief15
I gotta believe the ability to skip going VOR to VOR might save some fuel bucks for the company down the road.
I was SIBA qual'd in the 727, so for a while I could use them. I wish next year instead of visiting mx or goc during recurrent we'd do a GPS class and get everyone allowed to use those instead. Seems silly when we finally do get to a bird with GPS, we aren't to use it. It ain't that hard...
It might not be that hard, but in the past few months, I've come to dread watching the front enders attempting to get the thing to work. A few weeks ago I watched as a very, very senior captain, who had not a clue how to operate the GPS, constantly screw his up and then in turn the F/O's. What a joke. I'd prefer that they take the damn things out, because some of these senior guys can't or won't learn how to use them. That's why they're still on the 72, instead of flying something more modern.