Airbus and automation.
 

It seems Airbus, the company so determined to take the pilot out of the equation, has changed its tune. Some good reading inthe WSJ lately :ok:

Airbus Official Urges Major Pilot Training Changes - WSJ

The WSJ article is behind a paywall - please cut & paste the article and post the link as a source. Most of us don't subscribe to the dozens of the major media outlets that charge monthly subscription fee's.

Already a three page threat in Rumors and News, no need to start another thread.

I don't think you can put all the blame on Airbus. Both manufacturers and the airlines have been trying to dumb down the profession so that they could justify shorter training courses, (ccq,mpl) and then claim that pilots didn't do anything so they should be paid less. Despite the claims that flying is safer than it has ever been, the media has focused on MH 370 and Germanwings in a way that stirs up the visceral fear of flying a lot of people have. At the end of the day however any media attention to such things as pilot training will hopefully generate reasonable discussion