Originally Posted by
BayBum4Ever
The checking center instructors do a great job with what they have to work with. However they are limited by the curriculum dictated by the higher ups. I have crossed oceans for years before GPS,CPDLC and ACARS and it is a lot of work, certainly doable by anyone trained on those procedures. CPDLC and ACARS are great until they stop working.
BayBum
As an aside, I do mean I RESPECTFULLY disagree. I think you make a good point, but we make some dangerous over-simplifications when we concentrate blame on a few folks when an entire system is complicit.