The 777 is pretty automated but Thank GOD it's a Boeing not an Airbus! I can turn off all that fancy crap and fly it, like it's an airplane.
My old man was hired by northwest in 1963. The last plane he checked out in was the the 747-200, and he retired in 1992. He was old school. Used to piss of right seat folk because he would fly the plane to altitude, not just flip on the auto pilot and set a climb rate and altitude.
