Unfortunately, the situation there isn't as good as it should be. It isn't always clear which autopilot mode the aircraft is in, and the Pilots no longer get enough flight hours in the degraded modes.
This contributed significantly to the Air France 447 crash in 2009.
This contributed significantly to the Air France 447 crash in 2009.
see: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/children-of-the-magen...
and more broadly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN41LvuSz10