LOL! THAT's funny!

I've enjoyed the bus very much. I have two things to add from different veins in this thread:

1) Even when you "click the stuff off" the bus is still being flown by an autopilot through pitch and roll mode inputs masquerading as pilot inputs through the stick (thanks to "Normal Law"). It just ain't the same as true stick and rudder aviating that all other airliners still employ as a base. I am very proud of the true piloting skills I possess that are dulled every day I fly a bus and which are being watered down in every transport today thanks to the advancing automation. The automation is great stuff I love to play with ...and I resent every minute that goes by as it waters down the profession's value and skill.

2) As I understand it, my bus is mostly American made - at least by value if not by weight. Think engines and avionics.