Originally Posted by
Jetstream67
Alternatively you can see a situation developing where hand flying becomes increasingly rare and the the 'bag of bolts' comes as an increasingly great surprise to the pilots. increasingly and despite advances in the last few years the autopilot is unable to provide the pilots with either explanation or monitoring / assistance around what just dropped in their laps . .
I think that is precisely where we are at the moment.
I also think that operators increasingly skimping on training both initial and recurrent and searching FOQA and similar to ensure that nobody actually 'flies' the aircraft are making things significantly worse.