Originally Posted by
TukwillaFlyboy
Do newbies take the profession of Pilot seriously?
No they don't. I'm shocked to see how many pilots love the fact the job is becoming more and more automated. I'm actually sick of watching these guys never hand flying and using AP from 500 feet AGL down to 500 feet or less before touch down in CAVOK conditions when our outfit allows flying raw data. To be fair to them, some have been brainwashed by some so called instructors who push them to use automation all the time... If they could engaged the AP for take off until entering the gate they will happily do it. Of course not all of them but a lot of pilots now don't care about actually flying the plane. They just do it for the money. They barely know how to hand fly for most of them anyway. So sad... I'm flying the A320 now I love this aircraft very much but I would prefer to fly a 707 or something with less automatism to be honest. But these guys they would rather fly the A350 cause it will do the emergency descent and brake to vacate for themselves. Lol