Is it not the over-reliance on the automation that has eroded flying skills in the Airline fleet?
Is the same happening in the offshore world?
We had quite a competent autopilot on the Mk3A Sea King (not the Mk3) but I still wouldn't fly without NVG over the sea unless I was IMC.
I don't do your job so I can't criticise but, perhaps because I am old-fashioned, I like looking out of the cockpit window rather than staring at screens
