Originally Posted by
CogSim
If the author is to be believed (and I see no reason not to), at some point in the last quarter century, the roles on the flight deck have reversed.
*Or*, as I said, we're including in that number things like the new graphical touch-screen interfaces that have cropped up on the most recent generation of jets - completely separate from the control logic, which in real terms hasn't really had to change that much. The post you quote does not make the distinction.