411a writes:
Pilots...'go away?'
You are most likely right. Or at least right for the foreseeable future.
But it all leaves the question of skill, which is developed through practice.
A fair number of the professional pilots posting here on PPRune have commented that handflying time is already harder to get than it was even a decade ago.
Here's an honest question: Will the improvement and growth of automation result in better sims with higher fidelity, or are we at the [reasonable] peak currently?
RR