I miss the F/E very much. This topic has been been discussed on pprune many times before so I shall say little more than that.
The trouble with Notso's argument is that everywhere he lands at he and his mates have a huge amount of backup and the only decision to be made is where the next beer is coming from.
If he ever got himself off the beaten track, in darkest Africa for example, then he would know where I'm coming from. The F/E was the best bit of kit known to man.
I wonder how many Concordes the F/Es have saved?