Watchdog: FAA failing to ensure pilots are trained to fly manually (thehill.com)

Url changed from http://gizmodo.com/u-s-pilots-forget-how-to-fly-manually-say..., which points to this.

Air France 447 is another example of when an unexpected transition to manual controls caused a crash. There's a good story on autopilot and automation more generally at: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/29/427467598/episo...

There are pros to automation - even if the transition to manual causes problems, overall autopilot can be safer than manual.

They're too busy fighting tooth and nail against letting people who are on drugs like Lexapro fly without a long and expensive fight. Why yes, I am bitter.