Originally Posted by
ams6110
My version would be: if a pilot cannot fly stick and rudder, pitch and power when all else fails, no aircraft can be considered safe. If a airline or country is unable or unwilling to train their pilots in the basics of flying unassisted, then they should not be operating air transport services.
Amen to the gist of that, but it isn't fair or reasonable to describe anything "unsafe" if it comes to harm through excessive mishandling. A Moscow bus isn't in itself unsafe because the driver's necked a quart of Stolly, is it?