Originally Posted by
BARKINGMAD
Therefore by definition the current crop of “flightdeck managers” is incapable of and not qualified to operate.
Not sure I would agree with you on that. Have hand flown B747s across the pacific on a couple of occasions, and the plane is... a plane. Not much different, a lot more care in accuracy though while drinking coffee or eating a meal at the same time.
Have hand flown well above the top of RVSM airspace, long distance at FL510 and that also takes some accuracy, but it is still just a plane.
It's just a plane.