Never heard of that feature on the 757, but then again, I don't have my 757 rating yet.

Or, you can just fly the Airplane instead ;)

I think this has already been said once...I think it's a sad day when making minor power adjustments is an annoyance in an airplane that practically every knob/button has an "AUTO" position. (Granted, not all RJ's are like that) Not attacking anyone, just my $.02

Trust me - You'll think all the automation is great for about two weeks off IOE, at which point you'll realize that flying just isn't the same anymore. Fly the airplane whenever possible and keep yourself sharp.

btw, got to fly a LOC back-course to min's yesterday...it felt good - real good, in fact, to not get vectors to an ILS for a change!

Mexico would be a wet dream for you, man. DME arcs to an offset VOR approach with stepdowns, hearing "Yetlink...radar service terminated...contacto tower for advisories" at FL200 with thunderstorms in the mountains and an ATC system where 75% of the time your "vector" is a heading to intercept a radial to begin the approach and a request to report your DME every 10 miles because they don't have radar. It's nice to be kept on your toes but sometimes you just wanna hear "intercept the localizer, cleared for the approach":D

youre still missing the point. the cockpit is a great place to catch up on things like the USA Today, watching a movie, getting good at some sort of hobby. I applaud this person's motivation to want autothrottles in the cockpit so he/she can better him/herself in more ways than just being a pilot.

...or I could just be lazy :)

of course thats the real reason, but make them think its for a good cause :D

How dare you agree with my admitting my laziness:D

Where do we fly that has that? That sounds interesting


Although the CRJs don't have autothrottle, the newer models (700 and beyond) do have Fadec, which makes life a lot easier. I don't think they take away any part of the "flying the airplane" aspect. They do add an increased margin of safety though, such as setting the power during takeoff, automatically adding power in the event of failure, and overspeed protection (you can just firewall them if you have to with no ill effects).