Originally Posted by
poina
All nav info and freqs are accessed through the FMC. It's not available to do setup without said FMC as there are no damn knobs. So this idea of "all data is on the charts" doesn't mean sh@t if the only way to get info is through the FMC.
I am genuinely curious, what type are you referring to? The much belittled Airbus concept has all the raw data displays and knobs for chart-reading navigation. In fact, that's what properly trained pilots do all the time, even if they let the machine pre-select the frequencies automatically.
FD (the un-real)