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Old 18th Jan 2011, 16:10
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Originally Posted by alf5071h
‘it’ provides, or will provide answers otherwise generated via a mental model – so now we have don’t think, just use the EFIS, FMS, autopilot.
That was never the intent though - automatics are there to provide a backstop, not do your thinking for you. In an auto-flight environment you need to think *and* use the EFIS, FMS and autopilot.
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