There is relatively well-know presentation from 1997 by late American Airlines captain Warren Vanderburgh [0] called "Children of Magenta" that talked about the

There is relatively well-know presentation from 1997 by late American Airlines captain Warren Vanderburgh [0] called "Children of Magenta" that talked about the risk of crew being too dependent on the guiding magenta-colored lines of the autopilot on their screens: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs * https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/children-of-the-magenta-automation-paradox-pt-1/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/children-of-the-magen... * https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/sp/2015/05/msp2015050104/13rRUxASutL https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/sp/2015/05/msp2015050... Some of the pros and cons of cockpit automation: * https://www.skybrary.aero/articles/cockpit-automation-advantages-and-safety-challenges https://www.skybrary.aero/articles/cockpit-automation-advant... Generally automation exists on a spectrum, and the pilot should be able to select the level depending on the circumstances: > In Van’s presentation he describes three levels of automation: > *The pilot manually flying the aircraft. > *The pilot using the flight director, autopilot, and autopilot modes to fly the aircraft for a short period of time. For example: Heading select, Flight Level Change, Vertical Speed, Indicated Airspeed, etc. > *The pilot using the FMS to command the autopilot to fly the aircraft for hours at a time. * https://airfactsjournal.com/2020/09/stepping-down-in-automation-the-real-lesson-for-children-of-the-magenta-line/ https://airfactsjournal.com/2020/09/stepping-down-in-automat... Another thought is that if one-pilot planes are allowed, to insist on more training for pilots: if the computer/autopilot can handle the more mundane stuff, then more hours could be spend by pilots in simulators being (virtually) thrown into strange situations (perhaps taken from real-life incidents) to deal with. There are (IIRC) already per-mont flight hour restrictions on pilots, so reduce those by some ammount and move them to the simulator. [0 https://obituaries.gloucestertimes.com/obituary/warren-van-vanderburgh-849292232 https://obituaries.gloucestertimes.com/obituary/warren-van-v...