Ok so thats three incidents. Now how about all the guys who've saved the aircraft when the technology has fouled up? Perhaps you don't hear about them because there isn't a smoking hole in the ground to film.
As we rapidly approach the technical sophistication that marginalises the pilot to the guy that takes the blame when the thing crashes more than any functionality
Really? I've flown some pretty whizz bang technology but I wouldn't say we were anywhere close to that level of sophistication. I usually find that the people who believe we are approaching such a level of sophistication usually don't fly the things and understand what they can and cannot do. I like to point them in the direction of that most advanced of UAVs, the Global Hawk, and remind them of how that has faired in Afghanistan. I believe it was three deployed and two destroyed. Do you fancy those sort of odds next time you go flying?