DC-ATE - One of the problems I see nowadays, is that "pilots" don't get a chance to be pilots with all the automation thrown at them. They don't get the chance to find out what "piloting" really is. It's just a sign of the times unfortunately. Just another example of "change" that is not, IMHO, better.
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Guys choose not to learn. The airplane, or FMC, doesn't prevent them from learning. The key is learning when automation is your friend, and when it isn't.
I don't put any generation on a pedestal, there have been amazingly good, and bad, pilots from each generation.
And then there are guys that have to be dragging into the future - FO flying raw data on a 767 across the U.S. because he thought the FMC/map would cost him situation awareness.
