Turkish airliner crashes at Schiphol

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Although I appreciate that there are many 73 drivers here keen to discuss the A/C tech side of things I feel there is something more sinister lurking in the background of this and other recent incidents that will come back to haunt us time and time again - 'as mentioned before' - lack of basic flying skill.

We now live in an age where we are encouraged to use automation to the full on the line (hand flying an approach is frowned upon) and then every 6 months go to practise in the sim only to find that we are advised to use the automatics to the full in there as well.

Where and when are we supposed to practise the most basic of flying skills ?

Not all of us are able to fly a light A/C on our days off.

Point he finger of blame at the crew as much as you want but this and other recent incidents are little glimpses at the changes the industry is going through.