"Can't we all fly manually????? "
Sadly only those outside EU with the capacity can do that - over this side of the atlantic we are reducing experience requirements for actual aviating whilst everyone else is demanding more....... You can get an EASA MPL with just 70h of real aeroplane flying although most schools say 100 or a few more before immersion into automated flight deck in SIMs.
But it's OK cause the pax don't know - they just like the low fares!
Last edited by angelorange; 7th March 2013 at 16:19.