I was just wondering why this aircraft does not have VNAV + SPD & ALT Intervent buttons.. Any reason for leaving them out?
We do not have VNAV and Autothrottles. When we added the -300 they wanted to keep the transition simple and one type rating. No LNAV, VNAV and A/T. Plus they say it is cheaper and we're hand flying it more.
Ten years ago we added the HUD. Eight years ago we added LNAV. You will also notice in that picture that their is no EFIS. We just made it look like the -300.
We just retired our last -200 on 17 January. Maybe we will see EFIS, VNAV and A/T some day.