TonyWilliams -
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Airbus takes control away from the pilots.
Yet pilots are still the number one cause of aircraft accidents.
To all things, a balancing act.
Unfortunately, you're absolutely right. And the fact that in most cases the pilot is not there to explain what went wrong, makes it even worse. It's left to investigators to "speculate", in many cases, what happened. There have also been "cover-ups" in accident investigations where the crew was unable to defend themselves as well.
We've come a long way, but still have a long way to go.