Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
I used to fly with an ex RN pilot. I always use the RAF technique of map reading “Track up”, so that what you’re looking at up ahead looks like the map and left is left, right is right. He couldn’t cope with that and had to use “North up”.
I used to change the settings of the moving map to reflect my preference. He didn’t know how to change it back and got quite confused until I showed him how swap it back to North up.
Just a matter of what you’re more used to, I suppose.
I find that extraordinary- how can you map read without orienting the map in the direction of travel?