"...Technology has and still continues to improve reliability, thus the human in comparison appears the weaker link."
. . . tell that to the Quantas A380 pilots at SIN who had experienced 50+ ECAM messages, many contradictory; Engines 1+4 operating in "degraded mode;" Buses 1+2 dead; APU wouldn't take up electrical load; pneumatic leaks in left wing; fuel leak in left wing; failed fuel-dump system; No.1 engine couldn't be shut down after landing and continued to run for 4 hours...!
