Originally Posted by
Less Hair
Pilots must be able to fly even after some lightning strike crippled the electronics compartment or after heavy mechanical damage or in unforeseeable situations.
Possibly so, but not otherwise. The normal operating procedure should be the computers receive information directly (not through R/T driven pilot input) and manage the flight profile according to predictable rules and procedures.
The current framework of pilots operating computers which in turn try to warn them of various dangers or mistakes has performed extraordinarily well since I first started flying over half a century ago. However I suspect the tide is finally turning.