CID1990 wrote:I was never OOD qualed but I spent a LOT of time on the bridge and in CIC on tin cans - and I remember that all of that CPA work was done on the charts with ruler and paper. It was intensive, constant work - but I am convinced it kept people alert and on their toes
Today, the nav equipment does it all for you - you enter tolerances and let it run itself. The systems will let you know when you are CBDR
I think that when everything comes out, we are going to see bridge watch officers and skippers being lulled into complacency by automated nav systems - and only doing the paper and pencil calculations when it is necessary to do so to demonstrate the ability, or check off a box for the ESWS or SWO pins
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We did 'em all by hand in the CIC. Then VERIFIED them on the repeaters on the bridge.
