Use of autopilot for instrument rating tests
The issue is really about work load...can your typical pilot hand fly an aircraft and not be overloaded during that task that he can still determine where he is, where he needs to go, and get there safely.
Your typical general aviation charter pilot flying IMC in typical light twin of the Chieftain/Baron/ Metro of the single pilot IFR genre, would in all probability shrug his/her shoulders and get on with the job. These pilots on this equipment have been doing it for fifty years without all the fuss and bother associated with highly automated systems. Of course the single pilot work load is significantly greater than on an airline jet. Even the most egotistical of airline pilots would agree to that.
The single most significant risk in the airline pilot operation is the sudden incapacitation of the captain leaving a low experience first officer all on his own. If the weather remains fine and ATC is there to guide him down, then the result should be OK. But if the weather is stormy and the crosswinds on the runway are stiff, then the result is in doubt.
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Soon it all will be gone...
I really like to see you praising the raw data in a decade from now when I.L.S. will sound like LORAN. It's all RNAV, its all satelites, and digital. Wake up people, pilots will be panel operators only and it might happen in our time. Just look at the size of the STBY instruments on your panel now and tell me: were they seriously thinking that you ever going to use it? this is the joke of the century.... Give it up people, it's all paperless cockpit, fly by wire, and it will be silly to go on a new trend and still train on the old cockpit style. If it was not about money, most airports will phase out their junk and follow newer technologies. This is not saying we don't need to be able to control the airplane at any time, but it's the scream of let's do it right, let’s not waste time on failures that happen once in 10 years, lets sharpen our skills on dual engines out as it just happened twice this past year, yes Hudson river and British airways on final incidents, ditching, and forced landing needs some attention. let’s give up the old mentality and really do quality training in the base check. 
At the end of this exhausting argument, it's my personal opinion and i respect yours, I also know we are not showing off here, but trying to re-arrange priorities.
At the end of this exhausting argument, it's my personal opinion and i respect yours, I also know we are not showing off here, but trying to re-arrange priorities.
