Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
I used to do that just to keep my hand in.
They’ve taken all the fun out of the job now. In those days you did a non-precision approach without auto-pilot on base checks, nowadays it’s the one where you prove how clever you are with all the automatics.
Maybe its my age, but I do find myself thinking we had it better and did it better, my grandpa definitely reckoned his generation of pilots were far better than mine!
SND