Controversial to say the least, but here goes…..
FJ Pilots are taught how to fly and fight, which from experience I have found that they are currently the best at doing. However, now the bad news, the days of manned Fast Jet piloting is nearly over, but the traditional stick and rudder mentality is still with us for some reason. They (i.e. you) cannot seem to objectively accept any piece of technology that has the slightest chance at putting you out of a job.
Ask any aircraft designer – the weakest part of any FJ is the tangible margins that accommodate the pilot (G – tolerance, weight, cost and morality factors if they killed in combat, etc).
Why can’t you accept that the technology is there to replace the function that you once provided and move on - Incidentally, passenger aircraft don’t want a computer to fly the aircraft because they want a human face at the front of the aircraft regardless of ability (but wait a minute …….. a computer never gets pissed the night before a sortie …. go figure!)
You can vent your spleen in the following pages as I expect you will……..