Originally Posted by
FullWings
My glider has better instruments than the 777 I fly for work. It has 1,000x the memory in the FMC-equivalent, to start with.
It actually doesn't. It's got better instruments to fly in nice weather and it's fairly trivial to land any light aircraft without any instruments when you've got a bit of experience, so no need for any serious redundancy. Also, if one instrument doesn't work, you always have a chance at postponing your flying for a day or two, whereas airlines would go bankrupt without a solid MEL dispatch availability. Horses for courses.
Originally Posted by
wondering
I was surprised that the 787 is not certified for RNP approaches. At least not the one I am familiar with. But, then again in the airline world how often do you need to fly an RNP approach?
A modern aircraft like 787 can't do RNP? That seems very far-fetched. Even an old 737 can do RNP AR 0.10 if you buy some extra toys from Boeing.