Quote from alf5071h:
"Automation is not a dependency as with an addiction, requiring abstinence (fly manually) or a new temperance movement (automate everything), but that it is a 'prosthetic', something which is essential for modern operation, but can be misunderstood or misused."
Quote from Tourist:
"I fail to see how automation can fail to cause a dependency.
Humans require constant practice to be good at anything.
If we expect humans to be able to fly a limited panel raw data non precision approach in a limiting crosswind when the toys fail, then we have to make them practise the same."
I like an academic approach, even when I don't fully understand it - this is Tech Log, after all - but it's useful to draw a conclusion one way or the other, rather than arguing on the fence.
You simply can't do that in an aeroplane. I'm with Tourist on this one.