Originally Posted by
OutsideCAS
The airline world is a business and not a playground whether we like it or not and the automation when used correctly and monitored and understood, can only be a huge benefit while working correctly. Manual skills in most I suspect will be adequate in the event of failure requiring its use, despite comments that state opposite. Not exemplary, adequate but safe.
- Altitude within 100 feet
- Speed within 5kts
- ILS within 1 dot
These are the absolute minimums required by EASA for the licence we have.
It's not about a playground. You are expected to have these skills
as a minimum. The airline world should be filled with professionals, I expect professionals to be better than the absolute minimum.
You state that current state of manual skills are adequate. About 1 in 10 go-arounds go wrong mainly because lack of flying skills, pitch + thrust (low speed, flap exceedances, level busts, loss of control, crash...), I do think some work is needed. The only way is practice.