Airline Pilot Central Forums - Displaced workers

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Originally Posted by de727ups (Post 114321)

"In addition the fully automated flight deck world has made it so that even real flight skills are not all that necessary anymore"

Again, not true (I agree with some of your other points, though). A 757 with the FMC's deferred or the autopilot inop (I've seen both) is a lot like a 727. You can dumb the airplane down and it's just a jet. The flight crew should have the experience/background to get the job done in that mode as well as with all the magic working. Now, does the MAPDer or direct track guy with 300 hours bring enough to the game? I highly think not. But I just can't agree with you that new technology is making the airline pilot job one that can be done by any burger flipper and, therefore, is doomed to eventually equal burger flipper wages.

Pilots today are commonly starting out in full glass cockpits during training for their private pilots licence and lack the situational awareness and skill needed to fly solely off the steam gages.

In the near future once these wonder kids reach a command position loss of both FMC's will become an emergency procedure in flight and will not be considered as airworthy. In addition loss of the flight director and AP will be treated as an emergency as well.

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