Popup traffic in response to your post.
I am hardly a dinosaur being in my mid thirties, spend my time looking at how we can constantly improve our systems and procedures , embracing new technology where it improves the work I do.
However I must vigorously defend my post in that we have deskilled and Procedural control is not a dinosaur or obsolete in any way.
The only thing we have in the event of a total power outage and standby generators failing, and yes it can happen is the frequency on a backup battery , in such situations we revert to procedural control, so few people have a clue on how it works or what to do. Invent a radar system that will never fail never crash , never be the subject of a terrorist attack then yes maybe there are instances where procedural is unnecessary, but I personally exercise procedural control every day .
Its called giving a safe clearance.