Originally Posted by
oldmako
Likewise, I've watched more than one "children of the magenta line" who couldn't fly a decent visual approach (without the AP and FMC doing 90 percent of the work even though we were high and fast on the profile). Yet, I'll bet those Einsteins at Asiana were absolute Houdini's in the simulator.
And likewise I've watched some of the older generation who couldn't fly themselves out of a wet paper bag. Thank god some of the "younger generation" were there to give them subtle prompts to get them back on the path and get their gear and flaps down at the appropriate time.