The new Boxster - the triumph of technology over skill?

[JTP]

Originally Posted by ekam

I was flying in an Avro Lancaster 2 years ago, and I had a chance to chat with the pilot who is a commercial pilot for Air Canada.

He tells me he will take the Lanc every. single. time if he chooses between that and a commercial airliner. You had to literally fly that damn plane, like you know, a real pilot.

Talk about feeling the soul of an airplane...

Interesting input from the pilot. I flew UAVs in the military and over 90% of the human factor was removed with minimal input from the operator, flying a mission is now completely safe for the pilot but if I had the chance to fly my missions in a "real" plane I would have taken my chances in it.

I'll drive a manual transmission over any Tip or PDK any day. I know the PDK is faster and more economical but to me the enjoyment is in the process of driving and not just the end result of performance numbers. Automation and system control logic gives us many things, especially safety but I fear we may be losing more than we realize.

[Ghostrider 310]

I fear we may be losing more than we realize.



I've read a lot of the same worries about cursive writing, there are few cash register employees who know what counting change back means or why you gave them $5.25 for a $5.22 tab. Everything changes nothing is static, manual box is awesome and according to a yahoo story making a resurgence. PDK is a lot more fun than ANY other selected manual I have driven, my mom's subie has a tip style box too, worlds apart from the Boxster.