Originally Posted by
birdstrike
Couldn't agree more. If you don't do both, are you a pilot or merely a systems operator?
Off topic alert.
You're a pilot. Just because we don't spend our days wrestling with the controls in the same way as we might have in the past doesn't mean the job hasn't evolved and developed new challenges. For starters, 900 hrs/year is now a target not a limit. Fatigue is a real concern these days. Automation has changed the industry. Most jobs are evolving all the time at the end of the day.