I'm not getting involved in any slanging match here, but if your last thoughts as the aircraft ploughed into the runway were 'I know I'm doing the right thing, but that smart peace of silicon wont let me!' Wouldn't you be a bit annoyed? I don't fly airbus, but it seems the laws it flies by have cought one or two people out over the years. Could it be that they aren't quite as natural as the traditional ones virtually every other aircraft uses? I know technology has to move along, and many of the systems on the airbus may be a step in the right direction, but it doesn't seem a good idea that the aircraft can override the pilots commands at such a critical phase of flight. It may take a second for the pilot to realise nothing is going to happen, and as in this case, that second may be too much.