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Old 11th Jul 2006, 02:43
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Larry in TN
 
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Originally Posted by flown-it
These guys had trouble working out a crossing restriction in the FMS
Southwest 737-700s have no VNAV nor autothrottles. About half of their fleet are 737-300s and 737-500s without the automation of the 737-700 so the guys get lots of hand flying. Low approaches are hand-flown by the Captain using the HUD. No autoland.
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