Some offshoots of the interminable discussion (guilty) are worthy to discuss in the absence of anything new. For instance, a question.
The "Yoke" is a LIE. No, it int. It may be a totem, but it is critical to team management. With the advent of the Sidestick, two questions became legend.
"What's it doing?" and, more critically, "What's HE doing". Neither is totally without basis, obviously.
A basic format poser. What is the Airbus Philosophy? How does it differ from other flight deck formats?
At a very basic level, the a/c is sold as single pilot, imo. Hence the lack of criticality of the PNF. Including the commander, who needs to supervise?
The Airbus cockpit has two managers, the others a manager and a manager/ Leader. In the case of 447, with Captain on deck, there were three managers.
A leader tells his men what he wants; a manager does also, but then he explains how to do it. The QRH, coms, and checklist can be done auto, either audio visual, or audio.
What's lost is the Command, and imaginative leadership.
With the a/c as a priori commander, there is no chain.
Training, Experience, Confidence, Imagination.
The PF needs to be able, Life or Death, to understand immediately what's happening. Not consult, scan, or be patient, waiting to be told, or worse, to guess.
Bonehead decision making is all around us, and any philosophy that does not support "ahead of the aircraft" 'gots', for whatever reason, will kill people.
Pilot on board or no.......