With respect, I see the conversation has become "tracked". The key to any Human/machine exploit is not "better machine" nor is it "better pilot".
The absolute fulcrum is the quality of the interface between the two. Autotrim to this limit, power limit to this one, loud klaxon, tender murmur, We have on several threads uncovered everything relative to automatics/pilotage ad nauseum. A tool can make the outcome smooth, or even make it possible at all, or it can put you in the grass upside down.
Can there be a better example than here in Holland? Accomplished pilots miss several cues that should have got instant focus. Automation hypnosis? Distraction. A difficult and tense approach, but so what? I swear the problem is only going to get worse until people understand how to work with tools. Every pilot, every tool.
bear