Originally Posted by
skytrekker
You guys are no fun.
I was replying to the remarks about the op's abilities or not to fly w/o an ND. Admit it though, nine days plus for this billion dollar major airline to replace a display?
As for that B737 operator, my remark was geared to the 737. Not a big fan of the 737, so....
Yeah I missed that the A/T on the 300/500 was also deactivated prior to the fleetwide upgrade, and that the EFIS display format was unique to them. Anything else?
-300
<https://www.airliners.net/photo/Southwest-Airlines/Boeing-737-3H4/721045>
-500
<https://www.airliners.net/photo/Southwest-Airlines/Boeing-737-5H4/715661>
First- how do you know it’s just a matter of replacing a display? Not sure how much you know about airbus systems- but several things go into making the ND display its info.
Second- I flew that airplane a few days ago (assume it’s the same...) and can’t imagine why anyone would think this is a big deal. Personally, I’d be more bothered by the FWD lav being deferred. If you feel challenged by a certain arrival- feel free to have the captain fly that leg....
As far as the VNAV thing- I just wondered if you knew the difference between VNAV and A/T....