Do Commercial Pilots Really “Suck” at Manual Flying?

[Gerard]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/19/21537851-airline-pilots-depend-too-much-on-automation-says-panel-commissioned-by-faa?lite=

[NIKV69]

Great article, Airbus has been designing the pilot out of the flightdeck. AF447 drove that point home.

[gonzalu]

Completely manual :tongue:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfHl87p7X5o

I never get tired of this video

[Ari707]

not sure why but at about the 8:53 mark the plane starts to call the pilots names....

[gonzalu]

It's the new "Social Cockpit"

[moose135]

not sure why but at about the 8:53 mark the plane starts to call the pilots names....
That's the beauty of automation - I used to have a flight instructor on board to call me names like that!

[NYCA News]

NYCAviation:

Do Commercial Pilots Really “Suck” at Manual Flying? (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/tJBs-sYd7fw/)

Do pilots really “suck” at manual flying, as a soon-to-be-released FAA report suggests? Airbus Captain and author Eric “Cap’n Aux” Auxier explores this disturbing possibility.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycaviation/~4/tJBs-sYd7fw
[Click to Read Full Article (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/tJBs-sYd7fw/)]

[threeholerglory]

That's the beauty of automation - I used to have a flight instructor on board to call me names like that!

Right after the 20 foot callout it starts chanting my name...