If you forget to flush the toilet, the worst that will happen is you get your wife/girlfriend/Mum (delete as applicable) moaning at you. If you land with the gear up, you get a different story!
I'm not saying we don't need to introduce more sophistication to our workplace, but as Nick is saying it has to bee intuitive and well designed. The Man Machine Interface concepts need to be well understood by the designers and the test pilots have to understand the neds of industry and the capabilities of the average pilot. Including those who have fallen into a state of TIBMIN. This needs to go hand in hand with a strong culture of disciplne and well thought out, relevant and useable SOPs.
TOD: Glad to see you found the grass less green than you thought; I'm sure you'll be welcomed back into the 'fold'! Mind you, not much grass in Dubai I guess!!