Originally Posted by TedStryker

Just went through recurrent with a UK-based pilot flying the 7X. Had some very nice things to say about the airplane, but at the same time they've run into a few unusual circumstances with it that show the plane was designed by engineers and not "real pilots"...for instance, you cannot pushback the aircraft with all the avionics and such fired up. Pushing back requires disconnecting the nosewheel steering linkage..except when you do so it automatically shuts down the APU and dumps everything! not fun in a lot of European airports where pushbacks out of the stand are required...