opherben -- We are getting to the stage where electronic instrumentation and control will be more reliable than humans. We are not there yet...too many things that can go wrong. Mechanicals, electricals, electronics, passengers(!) and GPS which is only available to us at Uncle Sam's pleasure. It will happen in time even if none of us reading this are alive to see it happen. So might we not expect this to be introduced by evolution while de-skilling pilots?