Originally Posted by
vilas
The general philosophy for any aircraft according to me is you must be in control.
That connects well to my take on the video series. They target the lazy pilot, who through traps of automation becomes mind-absent in the flightdeck. And provide some great tips to protect both against personal laziness and automation traps as well.
There are different traps today, such as the trap of instagram selfies to name the most visible one. The part where specific technology is discussed aged and became less applicable, the underlying human nature OTOH has not changed a bit.
Today, capt. Vanderberg would have script about the low side of curve from the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes%E2%80%93Dodson_law, managing fatigue by being responsible during pilot's off time, and EFB fixation. With the same message: a working pilots mind needs to be 3 minutes ahead of the plane nose.