henra
Indeed automation causes a new kind of problem. That is the communication problem between man and machine.
The criticism which I can fully understand is that airlines might be sometimes temtped to abuse the increased automation to decrease the qualification requirements for their pilots which is a BAD mistake !
Automation avoids a lot of unnecessary accidents but it also asks a lot of the pilots if something goes wrong. Then it's not as simple as pushing the yoke or pulling it anymore to save the day.
You hit the nail on the head with that one.
Is there anything in the pipeline to change that?
franzl