I'm starting to wonder how the hell we, and a hell of a lot before and after, managed in the classic 747 without FFRATS. We did though and times have moved on. The airlines now want to mitigate all risk out of flying by reducing manual anything but I can only feel that they are storing up a big problem for themselves with the colusion of the regulator. The answer? I do not know, but I hope it does not take a large loss of life to force a rethink.