Pilots make flying an airplane look easy, almost automatic. So what are all those hundreds of buttons and controls in the cockpit for?

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Pilots make flying an airplane look easy, almost automatic. So what are all those hundreds of buttons and controls in the cockpit for?

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Tons of stuff from batteries to de-icing to comms/lights .. autopilot.. flight management computer. im not going to pretend to know it all but everything in there has an essential part to play