Question of the Week: How Are Your Pilot Skills?

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Thursday, September 01, 2011 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Bill Voss of the Flight Safety Foundation suggests that professional pilots are experiencing "automation addiction."
This "automation addiction" is believed to hinder pilots' ability to cope with systems loss.
The article poses the question to readers: "Do modern pilots rely too much on the airplane to fly itself?"

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This one is mainly for the pro pilots in our midst. Bill Voss of the Flight Safety Foundation says pilots are suffering from “automation addiction” and unable to cope with systems loss. What do you think?

Do modern pilots rely too much on the airplane to fly itself?
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