CXA546 wrote on Dec 18^th, 2012 at 3:18pm:

There are still lots of SID/STAR's that can be flown with VOR/DME. In the U.S. its still very common; In Canada its rare.

I might have to start flying the B732 around the US.

In Australia majority of SID/STAR's into major airports are now RNAV as well so haven't really bothered using them. I've just been tracking the VOR radial to the airport then switch over to ILS and track the inbound LOC course according to the chart.

It's still a real challenge though! keeping an eye on the speed of the aircraft as it turns to final and manually adjusting everything. Been flying the NextGen so long that I've gotten used to doing everything on auto with an FMC.