Originally Posted by jcjeant
It's no doubt (for pilots and general public) that the Airbus airliners are very sophisticated aircrafts stuffed with modern technology materials
Now .. the question is ..
Sophistication = simplification ?
If the answer is NO
Why it's seem's that many airlines have not very sophisticated programs of formations (schooling) and high training for their pilots
How it can be that a general opinion is that in general the training and formation are on the down slide .. and in the same time .. the aircrafts are on the slide up of sophistication ?
And what is the response of the officials bodies for this ? (regulators .. laws makers ... etc ..)
It is now the aircraft industry corporates and banks who are regulating the air transport ?
Software Engineers will tell you its Abstraction. You don't need to know how the transmission works to drive to work everyday.
The bean counters will tell you its statistics. How many times have you trained for brakes in you car giving out at 60+ mph on the highway?
Ironically, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" was an early slogan for Apple Computers.