Originally Posted by
Forresthump
I’d agree with your points. I’d add that for me, automation helps me manage my energy levels which is a crucial skill when doing deep late night duties/ very long days/ back to back brutally early starts on min rest. I don’t thing this was the norm 20 years ago. This is not to say we can’t fly the thing when we need/want to.
precisely
how many 13 hour days ending well last midnight back to back were being done even 2 decades ago?
How many 4/5 day blocks were there?
how many 25-30 minute turnarounds?
the same people that will bemoan the loss of a flight engineer will argue about deskilling of the 2 man flight deck
if all goes to pot I’m sure the vast vast majorities of crews will handle it just fine and are trained to. But drop a ‘flying god’ idea of a pilot of yesteryear into a modern flight deck and ask them to do a block and I imagine they’d quickly struggle