PIA A320 Crash Karachi

[sheppey]

Basic stick and rudder flying is relatively easy

Isn't that the whole problem nowadays? It is not easy to some pilots.

For many, the very thought of having to resort to hand flying without the crutch of full automatic features, is anathema. When forced by circumstances to disengage the automatics then it is not long before they are in trouble in more ways than one. Their own lack of competency and the company on their backs like a ton of bricks..