On Feb 9, 4:45*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

To be honest, your comment is just ridiculous and stupid. *Real pilots
*do* maintain a procedurally based and trained lookout.

They move their heads, and, if necessary to cover blind spots, they move the
airplane.

Thank you for using the word "they."

You don't "move the airplane" to cover blind spots. Ever see rear-view
mirrors on a passenger jet? Ever see one doing a clearing turn? Ever
see an airplane doing clearing turns in a traffic pattern? I've ridden
in B-17s and while the view from the tail is spectacular, the pilots
have no access to it, and they fly in a straight line.

Here's a thing people are just starting to figure out: Pilots A and B
fly an airway by hand. They're off the center of the airway some small
or fractional number of miles instead of following a fixed line like
ants. Now, Pilots C, D, E and F fly Garmin glass panels, they program
in the routes and let the airplane fly them along the airway.
Okay...so, now the latter four pilots are all flying an identical
profile, at all kinds of different speeds, dead center down the
airway. See the problem?

If you're in a Lancair or a Bonanza and don't get your head out of the
cockpit and ignore the extraneous info on a glass panel, you might
chew up a 172 flying the same route or approach ahead of you at a
slower speed whereas before humans would naturally spread themselves
out on the airways.