“cockpit simulators subject crews to many hours of the tedium of automated flight”
I wonder where that little gem came from, doesn’t sound like any sim ride I’ve ever had? Twice a year, our paychecks come on the line during those rides, another two times a year the medical people have a serious go at us, the bean counters are hacking away at pay and benefits constantly, and every once in a while some head case tries to blow the machine up to further some or other religious and/or political agenda. It’s really romantic, by the way, to lay around in Lagos a few days, see the sights, take in an opera or two.
It’s a wacky world we live in, I probably do it because I love it.