Oh Captain-Crunch !!!!!!!
You haven't benn hanged up yet by FBW lawyers ???????
I'm an Airbus son of a b
h, but I can't aggree more with your statements.
Most of Airbus pilots are afraid of downgrading only one level of automation, as they have been told that provided it's working, you keep them on.....
Have we learned flying with f
g flight directors ????
Most of the Airbus pilots don't even remembe rthey fly a speed in initial climb, hellooooooooooo V2 ?? does it still have a meaning ????
Apparently , future is to braindead pilots who only want to have shiny stripes on the shoulders and who are giving up what we are. Skilled, passionate professionnals
And as for the next generation, well they learned flying with these bloody FD's and GPS etc..... on a C 172 .Just fail one of these 2 and you just get what you paid for: nothing but a question mark: What do we do know. Well compass, heading, drift, back to basics.....oups, sorry you never learned it