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Originally Posted by Bubbers
We need real pilots back in the cockpit like we did in the past.
Originally Posted by Capn Bloggs
Agree! Why don't we have them? I don't believe that human beings have become markedly dumber in the last few years (perhaps too much computering/i-ing has addled our brains?
) so it's not a sudden decline in our capabilities. Human beings are not being trained like they used to be. That's what created real pilots from standard human beings.
Maybe the selection process for pilots is markedly different from days of yore.
When the Navy was attempting to teach me how to fly the 'Navy' way, there was a lot of natural selection going on. We used to kill off ~1 person per week in the training command alone. (The training command published its own weekly safety blurb so it was not hard to keep track.
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Modern pilots seem to be selected more by financial means than any other. Perhaps additional screening is needed. Something along the lines of this:
Assessing People for Risk Taking Behaviour Be sure to look at the paragraph entitled "Assessed Atributes".
Maybe we do not have to kill off those that are unsuited after all. Just point them in another direction.
