My thoughts exactly freight dog
Most of these superiority complex bitches are a pain in the ass to fly with. Smug but can't fly out of a paper bag.
Aviation history is written in blood fellas. Your "discipline" comes from mistakes like these. Your energy is better spent humbly learning from what they did than walking around smug that it'll never happen to you.
You're exactly the one it will happen to.
As for no visuals inside the marker?
C'mon-
That violates every part of my turboprop background-
There's nothing unsafe about visuals and sidesteps- just back things up-
Now, if you need the time- go ahead and take it and feel good about that- but maybe some of these guys that can't work the fms without an insane amount of time and energy devoted to it, should practice more and get proficient with an integral part of the airplane-
We had the opposite discussion when Asiana happened.
For our 5-figure salaries and to respect the profession and be really good at ALL aspects of flying. Where you're weak, be humble and wise enough to get to work on it- whether it's hand-flying or quick programming an fms -
I'm not throwing our training under the bus for the "heads down" issues- they are in fact issues- the solution then is to get pilots more familiar with the fms and train them on it until they are proficient.
Ever take a check ride with a capt who doesn't program much in that role and just let go of any knowledge they ever had on it- when they have to quick re-program it can take forever and this scenario is probably why that's a problem.
What's funny is they're the ones who will tell you not to go heads down-
It's like "man, this doesn't equate to a distraction for me, just bc it's one for you- and I like my needles and info going to the same spot"
