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Old 16th Feb 2021, 02:29
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I'll continue to be deliberately difficult, if you'll entertain it. The moment we're in right now has gone on a bit longer than we anticipated a year ago. Should we be unfortunate enough for it to go on much longer, we may well find ourselves in a situation where crews say "I'll just use the AP for the first week or so". Then the week turns into a month. Then a few months...See where I'm going?

We should definitely slow down as necessary, and I agree that perhaps it may sometimes be prudent to use a bit more automation than you normally would. However many of us don't know when we'll next get to practise our skills. My personal preference is to make the best use of the opportunity, and use as little automation as possible. Automation dependency creeps up on us stealthily, and that disease has an ideal environment in which to spread now.
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