When the last human pilot exits the cockpit and the cockpit no longer even has a door for a human, we’ll still be arguing about the benefits of aircraft automation. For the time being, this much is true: There is general agreement that widespread automation is eroding pilot physical skills, if not judgment acuity along with it.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/insider/two-tragic-accidents-and-were-arguing-about-sim-time