Oh stop the NDB talk. It's like the guys in the 40's telling us in the 70's about 'flying the null'. For almost ALL of the flying we do it doesn't apply.

We're flying RNP's into valleys we wouldn't have dreamed of 20 years ago. NDB talk is dead.

Guys STILL struggle trying to figure out what level of automation they should use. I saw it this year, the plane starts turning left, when it should be turning right, and a 10,000+ hr guy starts looking down at the FMC to see what it's doing. Who cares... just make it turn right with a lower level of automation OR hand fly it. And yes, he was part of the NDB generation. It didn't help him in this generation.