The A320 autopilot can be engaged 5secs after take-off until after landing. So basically the AP is engaged most of the time – gets my vote. 🙂

There is nothing wrong with automation when used correctly. The automation is designed to stop aircraft getting into difficult situations and by and large it works.
In 1974, a NW 727 crashed because of pitot icing, the crew failed to recognize that 400kts in a 6000fpm climb was unusual, even in a light weight condition. The aircraft stalled and crashed, killing the 3 on board.
Some things never change. Why the crew of the crew of the Colgan Dash 8 at Buffalo allowed the aircraft to stall and failed to recover from the condition, who alone knows; neither accident was a fault of automation but of a lack of training and awareness.

Computers can’t replace pilots, can they?

Maybe pilots should be flying in cockpits without computers, so that they can know the genuine aspects of flying an airplane.

The pilots of old were the true aviators…

Yes they can and have done for years. Pilots of old were “true aviators” because they had to be. On a dark and stormy night, I’ll trust the autopilot over a human any day.

So who are you to decide how Chris Brown, or indeed anyone for that matter, paints their car? Why is that “deplorable”?
BTW, rap music is as valid an art form as any other. You may not like it but many do.

To be honest it was probably done by someone who took a generic look at 50’s American jets. It’s not going to be accurate

It is missing the red stripe in the star and bar. That and the kill markings. It is meant to be a P-51.

A simple Google search which the Daily Mail seemed not to be capable of produced this.

http://jalopnik.com/5790167/meet-the-man-behind-chris-browns-p+51-lamborghini

F-86? P-51 surely.

This thread has made me chuckle. As somone who has embraced the PC/internet/online culture completely( 🙂 ), security and safeguarding your information stored on-line is very important. If that requires information to passed over to ensure that you are who you say you are, then fair enough. Let’s face it, we would be the first to complain if our bank accounts were compromised.
As cyber-criminals become more sophisticated then so must the security measures.

As far as local banks and building societies are concerned, those days are far from over. I still bank where I opened my first current account over 30 years ago. My branch is still in the town I came from, I have the phone number of branch but I very rarely use it – I don’t need to. I have managed to conduct my financial affairs for the last 25 years when my “local” branch is hundreds of miles away. My mortgage is with a building society a few miles away, again I have the local branch number and deal with those I need to deal with directly. No problem.

Ridiculous display – not sure what he was trying to prove. The aircraft would have close to the g limits often during that display.

I agree. I think it has the potential to be a fantastic addition to the London skyline.
Something that size cannot fail to have an impact. The BoB memorial on the Embankment is a fine memorial but something as important as the Battle of Britain deserves this as well. What a shame it couldn’t have been done many years ago.