Your ​​job is

“If you want to fly as [traditional pilots] say they do, then go fly gliders, become test pilots, for all I care go to the moon. But flying for the airlines is not supposed to be an adventure. From takeoff to landing, the autopilots handle the controls. This is routine. In a Boeing as much as an Airbus. And they make better work of it than any pilot can. You’re not supposed to be the blue-eyed hero here. Your job is to make decisions, to stay awake, and to know which buttons to push and when. Your job is to manage the systems.”

~ Bernard Ziegler, Airbus senior vice president of engineering, and former fighter and test pilot. Pictured here at first flight of the A320. Quote from 2009 book Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson.