Missingblade-Missinglink
Mate, your post infers that all pilots flying Airline routes are only "button pushers". Sounds a bit like former PM Bob Hawke describing pilots as "glorified bus drivers", not only insulting pilots but also bus driver's. Unless things have changed greatly most Airline pilots get plenty of "hands on" flying. Not everyone engages the autopilot as soon as the gear and flap is up and and the majority of the approach and landing phase is hand flown. You say they only have take-off and landing time. Well, those both are pretty important phases of the flight. I presume you meant "Sully" and not "Sculley and the Hudson River, not the New York River. I would be interested to know what you consider "real aeroplanes". BTW aeroplanes, at least most, are powered by "engines" rather than motors.