Although Owens didn't spell it out, it seems the industry is beginning to learn that never letting the pilots treat the aeroplane like a flying machine means they never find out what it can do. And more importantly, what it can't.
Loss of control has, in the last 20 years, become a killer phenomenon. You will find plenty in this blog discussing what happens when pilots lose their feeling of having a relationship with their aeroplane, and in the process losing confidence in their ability to take over when the automatics fail them.