Originally Posted by
RAT 5
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I think much of the discussion about competence is more about being able to do the basics; i.e. normal ops, not just those under non-normal (malfunction) circumstances. This concern is motivated by incompetent pilots crunching serviceable a/c. while trying to achieve the normal/basic.
Ok, I must admit that I generally had no concerns about pilots ability to fly the basic script in my airline with all the toys working.
It was in the Sim with the toys removed where I would see astonishing/horrifying things.
In that list of horrors I would include the degradation of my own basic skills/capacity despite my efforts to hand fly as much as possible on the line.