Those remarks are well considered though.
The industry rapidly is stopping caring. New FO's are simply a profit centre for the airline accountants who have worked out that people will do the job for free for six months and then can be tossed back to the dole queue without a hitch.
Do you have a license?
Do you have a medical?
Do you have £20,000 to give us?
Do you want to sign this temporary contract?
Your drive and energy is a nostalgic notion of how things used to be back in the good old days.
Sad. But true.
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ps I fly Autopilot off, Autothrust off every day of work (if no fog) and I believe its encouraged A and C so I'm not sure what you're on about..