Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
How sad that flying hours where basic stick and rudder skills are honed without layers and layers of automation are now, by industry standards, indeed considered "useless"
It's been heading that way - prioritisation of CRM then management of automation and multi-engine.
Until you get AF447 where a jet has been lost, apparently, because of a lack of basic handling skill in three highly qualified pilots. Not to mention OO-TML where the aeroplane may have been smaller, and the pilots a bit lower experience, but the problems seem broadly the same.
I hope that may end the rot, and the realisation set in that whilst CRM and automation management are vital in the big jet cockpit, handling skill is nonetheless not optional either.
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N.B. Why the heck is this thread running in
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