On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:31:57 GMT, Justin Maas wrote:
Most avionics in the works are keeping the pilots in the loop, but how long
will it be before professional pilots are just like the men that used to be
in an elevator (or even out of the cockpit)? I'd like to think that cockpit
automation will stay the way it is, but I'd like to hear insight from
others.

Really old joke: the cockpit of the future will have a man and a dog.
The man is there to feed the dog and the dog is there to bite the man
if he touches anything.


PS - Getting back to real flying on the 20th, when I'll be flying amphib
caravans from Wisc. to central Canada!

Awesome!


Morris