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And thank you. I realize that in saying the things I have, I risk treading on people's views and do not wish to do so simply to disagree and leave. I think it was important to offer clear reasons why I think suggesting a re-focussing or a re-informing of what autoflight is and what it isn't as it relates to this accident and I hope I have done this. I know it won't please everyone.
If all systems are working as intended/designed, the 330/340 types are a dream to fly; the entire autoflight system is nothing short of brilliant, but where we may have issues is in that what we could call the "corpus callosum" ...that intellectual space between a very complex machine and an even more complex human operator.
Thank you for your response.