Originally Posted by A4
but on the 'bus you do need to ensure the Secondary flight plan is set up correctly (for groundspeedmini computation). This doesn't take long but could be a distracter if PF is monitoring an inexperienced FO to ensure he's doing it right ....... and who knows, suddenly your 7 miles on your ILS break-off heading......
I try to avoid too much 'AB bashing', but fer xxxx's sake- is it THAT bad? Can't you just fly it like an aeroplane? 'Ground speed mini'??? Don't you have an ASI? Does that mean that with an FMC failure you are doomed to crash somewhere?
I think I need stronger tablets - NURSE!