automation masks poor flying skills
I think using automation is a way to lessen the skill levels required to perform in the cockpit.
I think that many manufacturers of airliners have tried to simpligy things so that piloting becomes more of a minor skill rather than a dedicated calling. Indeed, we see reductions of flying time at every level of flight.
Those pilots who once were highly skilled are becoming automated out of being good pilots.
SADly, at the time when you need the skills, they are now gone...whether it is stall avoidance or recovery.
Stall recovery is not that hard. Firewall power and minimize altitude loss while the plane accelerates. Certainly, the old method of stall recovery, pushing forward on the yoke works too...if there is enough altitude.
Much has been made of the nose up tendency with the application of power on the 737...anyone who has ever flown the plane knows about this and should be ready.
I blame the industry that wants to make skilled pilots something of a bygone era. Sad.