bubbers44 -
In the B727 days everything was simple. You looked at your FE panel and cockpit display and things were crystal clear what had to be done. Now with the automated everything it is much more difficult to resolve failures vs the 1980's. Is this progress? Too much information when you only want to deal with the main problem can be a hinderance to a safe solution. KISS comes to mind. Keeping things simple always seems to work best. Always worked for me. Does it work for anybody else? Remember, I don't have a college degree.
Hey.....I got someone who agrees with me !! I'm with you there, bubbers44 !! Only replace that B-727 with a DC-8 !!