Originally Posted by
kilomikedelta
Silicon Valley assures us that cybernetics transcends human behavior in anomalous situations so that pilots are an unnecessary expense.
Uhh... No we don't.
(At least this Brit working for a Silicon Valley firm doesn't!)
PJ2 - Don't sweat it, they'll get to the bottom of this sooner or later, anything anyone says now is just conjecture.
BarbiesBoyfriend - The trim wheels are there and if airlines aren't training the pilots when and how to use them correctly that is not Airbus's fault. Old school "communion with man and machine" was lost as soon as the first widebodies came along, maybe even earlier - even the old 747 Classic, DC-10 and L-1011's feel was entirely artificial.