Will pilots always be kept in the loop ( automation)?

Justin Maas wrote in message 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 don't think a person on the ground armed with a joystick and a video
monitor will ever have enough of the picture to be able to pick a smooth
ride through a squall line.


D.