to not think that machines may not work properly, or with the highest regard of human life is to forget the lessons of HAL 9000.
(younger posters please view "2001")
can we safely say that the airbus is not an extension of the pilot?
I am also reminded of the opening credits to the TV show "The Jetsons"...George screams to his wife, jane, STOP THIS CRAZY THING.
both deal with futuristic automation.
now some may not see the connection, some may even ban me from the thread, but we have a situation in which 2 veteran pilots couldn't make a plane they had been flying all day, stop at an airport they were very familiar with.