ok465:
and I assume that if you were required by company SOP to use the HUD for every takeoff and landing and had done so during the accumulation of 5000+ hours on type....early in the game you would have used your mind to learn how to operate and utilize the HUD in an effective manner, just as you did when you upgraded to a digital watch and a VCR.
Never have used one but I know enough about HUDs to know they are an awesome addition to the flight deck.
In the early 1970s the then-chairman of ALPA's All Weather Flying Committee tried to convince the FAA to mandate HUDs on transport category airplanes. He went to France and flew the HUDs available there at the time. He made a carefully organized and documented presentation to the suits at FAA Headquarters Flight Standards Service. They yawed and basically told him to wiz up a rope.