A start might be to turn the whole thing round and require crews to do manual, raw data ILS's on CAVOK, low wind days, unless a good reason prevented it?
The trouble is; once fleet managers start to insist on use of automation to keep the incidence of pilot c*ck-ups and ASR's low, then the pilots start to get rusty, with the result that there will be more c*ck-ups and ASR's when circumstances such as technical problems force them to fly manually.
However, if we all were required to practise raw data flying albeit within the confines of an ILS on good weather days only, then we might keep our skills honed a little better?
Last edited by Uplinker; 20th Jan 2013 at 01:19.