Originally Posted by
gums
After talking with several folks here offline, I am suspecting a management influence on all the "laws" and "protections" and Otto functions versus "neat" features that the pilots demanded.
And at least one who told you there wasn't any. *All* the functions went throug hthe engineering pilots.
If we, the SLF, wish to have "systems managers" up front versus folks that can fly the jet with little "help", than I'll cease to be SLF. Scares the hell outta me.
That is press-fuelled garbage - I guarantee you no-one from Airbus ever said pilots should be no more than "systems managers".