Originally Posted by
MikeF16
I really feel like the 717 is a mixed blessing as my 1st. On the one hand it is great getting so many legs and getting comfortable with the operation and the jet so quickly. On the other hand it does so much for us automatically I see how it would be easy to get lulled into a sense of security and make a complete blockhead move because I think the jet has things under control. Small example is when the WDR doesn't autoupload I've noticed that more than once we've forgotten to put in the NADP information.
The auto upload for the T/O data only works about 50% of the time on the 777, and that's in the ATL. In some of our outstations on the other side of the planet; less than 50% of the time.
And you are right about the complacency, that's the problem with 'too much' automation. When it stops working, you either don't catch it right away, or worse, you've forgotten how to do it manually!