You paint it to in a overly negative light, in my opinion. Much of the processes and procedures in place are not just functional, but behavioral training and co

You paint it to in a overly negative light, in my opinion. Much of the processes and procedures in place are not just functional, but behavioral training and conditioning to enable the pilot to troubleshoot mid-flight problems. It's like a highly capable human runtime exception debugger that will save the lives of everyone on board. Some FAA regs and procedures are written in blood, but most are written in a way to prevent blood in the future. I also like to echo the products Garmin is incorporating to increase the UX in the cockpit. They address some of the things you outline. Remember, aviators aren't engineers, they are operators. The license requirement is there to ensure that pilots can do basic things like triage, malfunction diagnostic, ad hoc solution generation, energy management, communicate, etc.