Hi guys, Very interesting article in my paper about the overuse of autpilots nowadays, possibly leading to pilots that are deskilled in flying. Maybe some of you are interested. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/story.jsp?story=624483 It makes some salient points.. but there are two sides to the argument. Isn't it true that 'pilot error' is often cited as the principal cause of an accident... perhaps an autopliot wouldn't have made such a mistake? Anyway, might stimulate some discussion...! Kind regards, Alastair *************************************** Dr. Alastair T. Gardiner Microbial Photosynthesis Lab 217 Division of Biochemistry & Mol. Biol. Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences Davidson Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Scotland Tel. (+44) 141 330 6449 Fax. (+44) 141 330 4620 E-mail. atg3v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/BMB/rjc/agardiner.html http://www.e-mep.org ************************************** Have a look at my airliner photography at http://airliners.net/search/photo.search?emailsearch=atg3v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx