Originally Posted by
gums
I don't see that with some of the current crop of folks in the commercial planes, and it scares me.
There has to be some basic philosophy about flying jets that is ingrained in the pilots/crew that seems to be fading.
To be fair, I suspect the generation who grew up flying Trimotors and DH Rapides probably felt that way about the crop of pilots who cut their teeth on the Sperry-era autopilots!
If you look at the thread in R&N, you'll see that Airbus are completely reworking their training syllabus for the A350 onwards, starting with handflying skills and building up from there. I think it's a good start.