Timing:
I am not an accomplished glass cockpit kind of person, so I 'd have to ask: do pilots still use timing/the clock during non precision approaches?
Do pilots still time their teardrop/procedure turn legs?
I accept that the circle-to-land isn't the same thing as timing from a NAVAID inbound to an FAF ... but ... if the clock in one's head isn't working, flying away from a runway at x degrees (30?? 45??) and then a minute or so later seeing "runway" next to you or infront of you ... doesn't match. Basic VNAV.
However, as I don't do that sort of flying anymore, I do not know where the state of the art is, nor what common practice is.
"We've been outbound from the runway for a minute/two minutes, we need to turn back to the runway to land"
Based on where the plane ended up, it looks like something prevented that thought from raising to number one in priority of things to act upon.
