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Agree, automation has saved far more people than it has hurt. Part of the problem is that sometimes the automation is not fully understood by the user-the airbus tree cutting ceremony being a prime example.
Agreed and a pilot still needs to be able to turn all the wizardry off and hand fly the airplane by looking outside. I'm afraid that the new/foreign model of pilot training taking a guy from zero to fully automated airliner in a year or two lacks severely in the actually flying department.Agree, automation has saved far more people than it has hurt. Part of the problem is that sometimes the automation is not fully understood by the user-the airbus tree cutting ceremony being a prime example.