Plane is getting a minor fix in MEX and the off to VCV to be repaired.
Uh oh, VCV have all the NDT equipment, they are able to determine whether the aircraft is worthy of return to service. Not a good sign.
It is a wonderful aircraft, but it must be flown. If all you do is punch the a/p on at 500' on takeoff, and click it off at 200' on final, you are cruising for a bruising.
If you, however, revert back to the reptilian core of your brain where you stored things like pitch / power relationships and the concept of vertical inertia, you will do fine. And it is a blast to fly.
Oh and if you can't click off the autothrottles and shoot a visual you may be in over your head......
Couldn't agree more, old school at its best, a pilot's airplane to the very last rivet. Profesionally speaking, the most satisfying, rewarding and unforgiving taskmaster I have ever flown.