I wonder if the inventor of the escalator warned people about the loss of stair climbing skills?
The airbus is a step towards a pilotless plane. Management would love that. Passengers won't and flight attendants would hate it. Who would buy them dinner, the autopilot?
IF I WERE KING, I would demand that sim sessions be once every 90 days instead of once a year as we have gone to.
The tragic loss of the Air France plane out of brazil is due to the odd situation...computers work great...until they don't work, and pilots who haven't kept up their skills are next to worthless (my view based on what we now know).
Good luck to us all.
I am proud to have flown the last pilot's airliner.