I am amused at the "old schoolers" who still remember when the only well trained pilots came from the military. Only supermen types where allowed to fly, they had to have perfect uncorrected vision, as well as a huge ego. They were trained by uncle sam, and then went on to make $350,000 a year, with million dollar retirements. The flight attendants, (stewardesses) as they where known then, where all potential miss America candidates, who hoped to marry one of these "supermen" rich pilots. Flying on a commercial airliner was a luxury most Americans could only dream of, much less afford. Ticket prices where 10 times the cost of today's prices in real dollars. Only the rich could afford to fly. Passenger loads where 5% of today's volume. The accident rate was amazingly higher per passenger mile flown with these "supermen" pilots with big egos, who thought the guy in right seat should speak only when spoken too. (Pre CRM) Evidently there are still some of these "dinosaurs" still out there who think they are the only ones qualified to turn the knobs on a FMS. It is all about supply and demand. It seems some "old school pilots" are actually hoping for accidents to occur to prove their point about how unsafe the skies are. They are like democrats who assume the public is too dumb to know what is best for them.

In the future there will be a dog and a pilot in the cockpit, the dog's job will be to bite the pilot if he touches anything.