Originally Posted by
bozobigtop
I will never part with all those years of flying part 135 freight and passengers in which has made me a better pilot overall. I pilot has got to know his or her limitations (Situational Awareness) since flying with glass and automation is very different from yesteryear I can't do half the crap I use to do!
As a former P135 freight dog, I agree, but, what if you had never learned all that raw data, hand flying stuff by doing it the hard way, in Part 135 in the first place? What if all you knew was glass and FMS?
Now we have pilots in Europe and Asia, with very little hand flying, being taught how to run an FMS, in all glass cockpit simulators, then they jump into a large jet..and then something goes wrong with the automation, or they put it into a bad place and don't realize it until it's too late. Is the Ab Initio and MLS coming to the US Carriers when the experience pool drys up?
He mentions the Air France, Asiana and Air Asia accidents.