An interesting aspect of that is the level of abstraction that the equipment provides: reporting the consequences of a failure in the cockpit, rather than the failure itself may provide information to allow the pilot to mitigate, but it may not identify the cause of the problem. There is a lot of emphasis on the workload of the pilot being reduced, fusion of sensor and integration of displays, but there is the possibility that the pilot is becoming less aware of what is really going on in the aircraft with increased reliance on automated procedures and responses.
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