Originally Posted by
pithblot
This is all fair comment and we older folk have a role to play in shaping the attitude of new pilots and ameliorating the inevitable risks new technology brings.
That's all true, but to actually do it we need to first understand how the new tech works.. B737 MAX, anyone?? Maybe I'm becoming a dinosaur, but I do find having the 'prop' control actually controlling the prop to be quite reassuring as opposed to a 'power' lever that kinda does it for you, unless it doesn't.
In his book
The Care and Feedings of Round Engines, famed 1930s mechanic Uve Noideer would often lament that his apprentices couldn't even handle getting a long weight from the tool shop! These days even that would be on computer.