Think that on of the considerations why eag didn't get A/P's would have been the cost I mean why pay extra for somthing that in a bean counters eyes is simply not needed guess somthing else to maintain as well, and we all know how expensive those magic buttons are to keep up to speed that's why even the old school one's in GA there are usually in some state of direpair
I have my doubt's if the beech or many other's for that matter would have TCAS or GPWS if the fun wreckers didn't make it law??
Splat - your comment about handling ....... well I can sort of see your point but the beech will hopfully be the last ship you fly that has no A/P and now days they are getting pretty complex little suckers with all there different modes and setting for different approach's bla bla I've heard many guys say that the hardest thing in transition training was working how to drive the A/P so in some ways it's a dis-advantage not two be checked and profishent with there use
