Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
I guess you called it yourself in the opening of your post: landlubbers tend to lack a clue.
I ran into similar uninformed opinions among the USAF.
I think you misunderstand. F-18 might as well not have an autoland feature, given that its pilots are required to maintain competence in manual landings, which forces practically all deck landings to be flown manually. But USN leadership deserves great credit for the progress it has made, and continues to make on automation. Are the leaders who have moved the culture away from "manual first" uninformed or clueless as to the relative value of CQ? For evidence of how much further the Navy is down this road than the USAF, see MQ-25.
For the avoidance of doubt, this is a compliment for naval aviation.