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<blockquote data-quote="Ecc0" data-source="post: 728030" data-attributes="member: 20086"><p>..well..i took that reference as a some sort of reality..how many of them fly/having skills, actually without computer, and maintain altitude/speed safe (margin very narrow at higher altitudes)..my unckle is a pilot(retired now, Lufthansa), and he reach position of captain when he was 59/60 years old...and look at now age of first officer..in his 30's, in some cases early 30's..its insane and all down to fully automated systems involved in 'flying' which involve less timespan needed to 'learn to fly'..according to him (and if you read many professional pilot forums), extensive use of automation in aircraft today, severely cutting down raw flying skills of pilots, which in case of losing all that computer support in specific situation, rendering pilots near useless..</p><p></p><p>..similar to cars today..i just wanna laugh when i listening 'pro's' how quickly they do this or that, catching curves, shifting gears...yet, all he do is..press a button to up/downshift gear, during cornering, most of dirty work is done by onboard computer systems..now..i do understand use of mentioned systems, and im NOT against it..all im saying is in a light of this discussion are cars getting crappier or not, in which case, from driver point of view, cars today are crap, as requires near nill skills to perform certain things..thats why I made comparion with pilots newdays..</p><p></p><p>..i whish to see newdays 'captain of airliner' who made before his 40 such position, give a try on B-29 bomber from ww2 who were landing safe, with half tail section cut off in fight..flying by hand and skills..i bet they will crash..</p><p></p><p>..similarly, this time ace of F1 racing Niki Lauda, have to say something about modern F1 machines, build around very similar idea as brand new cars newdays as well..</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK_cTgOzlo0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK_cTgOzlo0</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ecc0, post: 728030, member: 20086"] ..well..i took that reference as a some sort of reality..how many of them fly/having skills, actually without computer, and maintain altitude/speed safe (margin very narrow at higher altitudes)..my unckle is a pilot(retired now, Lufthansa), and he reach position of captain when he was 59/60 years old...and look at now age of first officer..in his 30's, in some cases early 30's..its insane and all down to fully automated systems involved in 'flying' which involve less timespan needed to 'learn to fly'..according to him (and if you read many professional pilot forums), extensive use of automation in aircraft today, severely cutting down raw flying skills of pilots, which in case of losing all that computer support in specific situation, rendering pilots near useless.. ..similar to cars today..i just wanna laugh when i listening 'pro's' how quickly they do this or that, catching curves, shifting gears...yet, all he do is..press a button to up/downshift gear, during cornering, most of dirty work is done by onboard computer systems..now..i do understand use of mentioned systems, and im NOT against it..all im saying is in a light of this discussion are cars getting crappier or not, in which case, from driver point of view, cars today are crap, as requires near nill skills to perform certain things..thats why I made comparion with pilots newdays.. ..i whish to see newdays 'captain of airliner' who made before his 40 such position, give a try on B-29 bomber from ww2 who were landing safe, with half tail section cut off in fight..flying by hand and skills..i bet they will crash.. ..similarly, this time ace of F1 racing Niki Lauda, have to say something about modern F1 machines, build around very similar idea as brand new cars newdays as well.. [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK_cTgOzlo0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK_cTgOzlo0[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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