And how many airline captains will have sufficient instructional qualifications to deal with these mere machine-minders? How many airlines will accept standards based on lowest possible cost?
Having seen the difference between 'old time' ab-initio RAF pilots who had the benefit of a Jet Provost or Tucano course before ME training and the new breed who have only around
20, yes, that's twenty hours of P1C time (all on fixed-undercarriage light aeroplanes!) before they start their 4-jet OCU, I can certainly vouch that the airline's TRIs will have their work cut out if this hair-brained scheme should ever see the light of day.
The airline bean counters will witter about the 'new' type of pilot who doesn't need the traditional stick-and-rudder skills of his/her forefather, "..after all, an Airbus just flies itself
", but that's all rubbish. All they want to do is to maximise their profits and avoid having to pay for proper pilot training. Time they woke up to the fact that you can't have an omelette without buying, breaking and cooking the eggs first!