Mareklug i watched an interesting documentary downloaded from youtube titles Air Crash Investigation Pilot error where this issue is debated in more detail I believe that the crash of Air France flight 447 also raised concerns about the ability of commercial pilots manual flying skills especially when the automated systems shut down I have also watched the investigation from Turkish Airlines flight 1951 where Gordon Bethune a former VP at Boeing states that the pilots main job is to fly the airplane they must never forget it never mind what a computer says As the pilots have survived this crash they should be able to tell the investigators a great deal about what happened I just hope it isn t Turkish Airlines all over again