PilotPete is quite correct - NASA established many years ago that human beings are poor monitors of automation - remember when the B757 first arrived the joke was that the most common comment on the flightdeck was "What's it doing that for now!".
That does not mean we should not use automation but that we need to be aware of the drawbacks. Also automation can put you in a situation you would not be in if you didnt have it! E.g. Cat III and something disconnects at 50 ft - maybe then you have to sort it out manually. On the other hand if you didnt have Cat III etc you would have diverted to a Cat I airport.
This crew have all my sympathies - like the proverbial block of cheese with holes in it all lining up to create an incident, I suspect there will be many factors involved in this incident and the report will make interesting and educating reading for us all.
Good show to the crew getting it down at BHX in trying circumstances!