sailor
As the technology advances certain cautions and precautions become superfluous. Engine failure statistics show the sixties jet engine had a failure once every two years while now it is once in thirty years. The engine ignition that was put on at the drop of a hat will cause a frown now. All the temperatures and pressures that needed to be memorised are better handled by flight warning computers. Even the hand eye coordination/talent required to fly the old aircrafts is not required to fly stabilised platform aircraft like Airbus. All you do is operate not fly the equipment by the user manual within the design philosophy. But world has always become better. Human mind is very selective it only cherry picks happy hours of the past. Nobody from today's generation would want to live those days. Considering the amount of flying that is done safety has tremendously increased. But for automation all weather and the extra long range flying was impossible to even think of. So if you haven't flown the modern aircraft then giving advice to those who do is a waste of time. There were good and bad pilots then and there are now. The accidents that keep getting discussed are generally due to poor piloting. That will not bring in better pilots but brings more and better automation. Profit greed? Sure! Isn't it called commercial aviation? When an airline doesn't think of profit it doesn't improve safety it merely shuts down
Last edited by vilas; 22nd Aug 2016 at 06:15.