Originally Posted by
TACQANAVIAVEC
Agree, in todays modern cockpit its all about human factors, basic airmanship and piloting skills. Some people here seem to want to go back to the days of using WAC charts and plotters!
And despite all the nice shiny things and displays, someone will find themselves with blank screens and little help finding a runway.
And energy management? It is also not uncommon to witness those incapable of pulling the thrust levers to idle in the upper 30's and only adding it when stabilized on final approach. Traffic permitting of course.
One might find themselves someday flying a Boeing or Airbus operating like a J3 Cub. It's best to know how to do that when it suddenly arises and no time to review the QRH or the casual banter of CRM which works wonderful most of the time.