Flew for the military for a decade. Disagree with the black box take away. Feel that is beginning vs expert. In the beginning you learn the systems as a sort o

Flew for the military for a decade. Disagree with the black box take away. Feel that is beginning vs expert. In the beginning you learn the systems as a sort of firehouse training. But later, so much is black boxes. Certainly you want to try to understand inside the box, but the important part is to know the interface. The talk about intuition in a spin gets you killed. The spin recovery for his plane may not be the right recovery for other planes. Understanding the fuel system rather than memorizing emergency procedures is bad. It helps to know both, but intuition when in flight quickly falls apart and memorizing procedures until they become second nature is important. Loss of power off a carrier cat shot, engine failure, fires, out of control flight, and so much more, you better know your procedures for your aircraft. Understanding details is good, but knowing the procedures cold and not just relying on intuition is so important when flying. Seems similar to programming, at a small scale you can afford to know all the details, but working in a large company you would never be able to. The interfaces are critical.