If you're going to criticise the NG, don't stop at the AP system. This aircraft should never have been built.
The
real B737 update for the 1980s/90s/2000+ was designed a little before the NG. It's called the A320 family.
A 'modern' aircraft with toggle switches, Cat 3A only, AN INCREDIBLY NOISY FLIGHT DECK, dodgy fuel pumps, a max speed of 270kts if it's been de-iced, a wing which creates ice wherever/whenever you fly it, only two IRS and one FMC etc etc, has no place is civil aviation. The whole thing is a joke, and a bad one at that. The comedians were those who insisted upon the economic benefits of a common type rating at the expense of progress and safety.
Just my opinion
