Originally Posted by
flyboyike
In Capt Panosian's defense, he doesn't appear to say hand-flying is not important, he's saying that systems management is AS important as hand-flying, which isn't quite the same thing.
+1
He's not saying that stick-and-rudder is less important, he's saying that both systems management and stick-and-rudder need to be taught and maintained to a very high standard!
(Which also means the thread title is inaccurate...)