Perhaps not so with the tens of thousands of classroom- and simulator-trained pilots who staff today’s fast-growing airlines in the developing world.A misplaced sensitivity has been working overtime to suppress discussion of this issue. The goal is not to excuse Boeing’s appalling original software implementation or rush the 737 MAX back into service.The discussion is unwelcome in aviation circles partly because the corollaries are unwelcome. If airplanes today must be designed so mass-produced, classroom-trained pilots can’t crash them, planes tomorrow will be designed to eliminate the pilot completely. In the meantime, better crew training could always be required, but the benefit might not be worth the cost given today’s already low accident rate thanks to the advance of automation.

What a sick article!
1. It is not "misplaced sensitivity to discuss today's appalling pilot skills"! It's pure and simple greedy, cynical economics who wants to silence the messengers. Name and shame it or shut up if you don't want to be outed as collaborateur.
2. The preposterous assumption that today's low accident is "given" thanks to the advance of automation is outrageous. Automation has its part in improvement, just as it has in many contributions of accidents. Nothing in safety is given.