Arm out the window:
It's EOL's their stopping not autos. Big difference.
It's now showing evidence in civvy street that a lack of EOL training will inevitably result in another skill base perishing. QED Strathclyde and the Clutha accident.
Not saying the lack of EOL training was the cause - far from it...but that pilot flew Chinooks for ages and then the EC135 for ages - none of which practiced EOL's.
And now we see the further demise of handling skills by procuring ME's that will forever prevent future pilots from experiencing the differences between an EOL and an auto. Coupled with more sim training and lo and behold - we blindly follow our FW brethern down the road of automation where modern pilots need degrees in systems management rather than spatial acuity and handling skills.
Perhaps there are statisticians and mathematicians out there who have advised the industry accordingly and the future does not require these skills any more - it belongs to redundancy and back up systems to guide you safely home
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Try telling that to the AirFrance 320 passengers whose crew lost the plot a few years ago.