Originally Posted by
Likeabat
Of course, many of these rules of thumb will soon be lost on the next generation.
Soon the common answer is gonna be...
"Build the fix with the altitude restriction on the FMS, select VNAV, let the autopilot follow the snowflake."
(a part of me feels like it it cheating...tho I admit...it works very well
)
Good point. Imagine what it was like for the old old old guys telling young whippersnappers like you how easy you have it with the fancy schmancy vor/dme, and the super high tech HSI. "Back in their day", they were using celestial, or riding the beams, flying the colored airways. Heck, without the navigator they'd a been up the creek. Kids I tell ya'
