I only hope the fully integrated cockpit has a better HMI than the NH 90...
Having one guy go heads down to fiddle with the "box" to turn something on or off is fraught with fraughtness.
Getting caught in another "volume" on the DKU when ATC gives you a frequency change just does ones head in!
"<call sign> contact CENTER 124.6" (while fiddling with a ROUTE GUIDANCE change in the "box")
Replies to ATC...then mumbles a quiet curse to myself..
..finishes entering a way-point into a route while you are in that sub menu..(or face 10 presses to get back to it after!!)
..button push... button push... (finish off and exit that volume..)
..waiting..
..waiting..
..button push to open the radio I want to modify..
..waiting..
..enter new freq..(up to 5 button pushes) then presses enter.. (not too fast or get the CMD ACK REFSD then you have to start again!!)
..SUCCESS!!
talks to CENTER...
Perhaps the "refresh' rate in the menus is a good deal faster in this machine!!
Looks very nice though in Bristow colours!!