Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
You sound a lot like an old crusty captain I flew with who yelled at me for putting a point in the FMS along our route for descent planning purposes going into Mexico (they can be very stingy with the descents in Mexico sometimes). I believe his exact words were "don't touch that damn box, its gonna fly us into a mountain!".
Why don't you try your little anti-autopilot/FD BS when you're headed into a mountainous terrain at night with bad weather, a worthless Mexican air traffic "controller" and something broke on the airplane, like the flaps. Do the words "task saturation" mean anything to you?
Yeah, thats me
If you had actually taken the time to read my previous posts, you would know that I am certainly NOT anti-technology, but rather anti-band-aid/crutch. As I said earlier, automation should be used when safety of flight is concerned. NOT because we cannot handle the aircraft w/o it.