Children of the Magenta Line 

A term used by old boomer pilots, old Designated Pilot Examiners, and employees at the Federal Aviation Administration, that refuse to accept the fact that times have changed and technology has improved in between the time the wright brothers first flew and when the Airbus A320neo first flew. These older pilots, usually refuse to acknowledge the fact that advances in aviation have made flying safer and more efficient. A derogatory term used to describe younger pilots that use the GPS functions of the airplane's avionics, like the Garmin G1000.

DPE - "That is not navigation by pilotage and dead-reckoning!

Piot Candidate- "But I made all my waypoints and dead-reckoning times."

DPE- "Even though you made all of your points within ACS, You loaded your route into the GPS and followed the Magenta Line! You young pilots are just Children of the Magenta Line!"

Children of the Magenta Line by flyingman November 2, 2021

Children of the Magenta Line 

Airline pilots who have become overly dependent on automation and computer guidance, and thus fail to exercise their own situational awareness and judgment, when they should take control and fly the plane more manually. (Coined by pilot Warren Vanderburgh)

The increase in aviation incidents is not due to equipment failures or environmental conditions, but instead by preventable mistakes made by children of the magenta line.

Children of the Magenta Line by tvbeeker April 19, 2023