Originally Posted by
slats11
However we need to ask ourselves if something has fallen into a crack somewhere between the designer / manufacturer, and the pilots.
As I said, I don't think the crack - if indeed there is one - falls between the designer/maufacturer and pilots (after all, pilots were involved in the design of the Airbus FBW systems). I think the disconnect is between airline management and the pilots that work for them, because the breed of management that started to proliferate towards the end of the '80s were pure MBA material, and the old-school management who saw aviation as a specialty all began to retire.