A320 MCDU "Sequence the flight plan" instead of DIR to?
Why do some pilots insist on sequencing the flight plan instead of a DIR to? I fly with some skippers who will quite happily tell me to manually clear 10 way points in busy airspace below transition knowing full well they are on a radar heading to intercept final. Only once have I ever been in a situation where after initially being given a radar heading I was told to go to another waypoint which I had just cleared. No big deal, just type it! 5 years flying the bus, I've still not managed to comprehend why you would do this as a rule. Can anybody offer me an alternative viewpoint?