Jon DC-9: "Pilots it is up to you, if you are still commanders of your aircraft". Very good point.
One problem on various Pprune topics is that many of the "300-hour wonders" (or 500-) appear to be unsure, despite the fact that they are FOs (even as 'handling pilot') whether the pilot or the vnav/lnav/autothrottle is 'boss', or whether the automation is in command. The B-757 and the Airbus do require getting used to, but after that?
Part of the apparent confusion seems to be that their Flight Ops. policies seem to require the full use of all automation at almost all times, not just enroute but during takeoffs and approaches, as a substitute for lack of experience. With none or very little background flying planes such as the DHC-6 Twin Otter, Shorts 360, Emb-110 Bandeirante, Beech-1900 or SF-340 into major airports with a high traffic density (i.e. DFW or ORD), many airlines seem to be afraid of pilots experiencing what years ago, was quite normal.
Lufthansa has reportedly for many years had an excellent program at Goodyear, Arizona, where the ab initio student pilots even fly the high-performance Piper Cheyenne.
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