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Automation: Pilots As Machine-Minders Or As Professional Aviators?

Steve Scott

Monday, April 25th, 2005

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In the Oct.-Nov. issue of The Log, the bimonthly publication of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), Capt. Malcolm Scott decries the growing role of automation in the cockpit. Perhaps what is required is a "coming to terms with" (and clear recognition of) automation's inherent problems (while recognizing its advantages). The training system or simulator that seeks to do that has yet to be built. We present below the full text of Capt. Scott's argument, and we have interspersed throughout…

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