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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Answer 1

They make it look easy *because* of all the switches. Each one is a choice that a pilot can set and then not have to manage actively anymore