Originally Posted by
E1Out
Wow, that's an AWESOME question! I'm really interested in hearing what the veterans have to say about it as well.
I've got a tiny bit of perspective on this - having been
truly lucky enough to have started on the ATR-42 with only a VOR and ADF to navigate... Then going to the B1900 with a KLN90B GPS and no autopilot... Then going to the full glass ERJ
(and at first I HATED the automation - and still do, to an extent)... Then to the MD-88, which I personally view as a 1960's VW Van, retrofitted with "Kit" from Knight Rider (basically old school with some very advanced twists)...
I can't wait to hear some of the responses. I've always wondered the same thing.
There have been a few times in the sim when they are training us to fly something the "automated way". Ironically, it would have much easier and much less heads down to just fly it in raw data. Sometimes the automation can create more work than necessary.