Originally Posted by
A and C
While not wanting to get into the detail of this incident it would seem to me that there is an over reliance on autoflight within the industry and with the lack of hand flying the pilots skill at avoiding PIO has become degraded.
Very much agree, from what it seems there are far too many pilots who are merely system operators rather than airmen. I recently heard that you're not allowed to remove the Flight Directors in our favourite irish loco airline. Visuals are discouraged in others and more and more outfits are banning visual approaches as they keep messing them up.
Unfortunately in times when real pilot/flying skills are required, they're nowhere to be seen. My two cents.