TTex600, of course the aircraft are already designed to ensure pilot workload is no greater than it needs to be and also to ensure that what the aircaft is doing can be understood as clearly as possible. What I meant is that a reduction in the level of skill in pilots is already being anticipated in the future, and the design of the next generation of aircraft will take this in to account. I am not sure what this belief in proficiency is based on, whether its analysis of worldwide aircraft incident trends, feedback from airlines on the calibre of new pilots. It may just be a judgement call based on what your average school or university graduate may be capable of in 5 or 10 years time, compared to now or say 10 years ago.
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