I'm sure that after 150-odd pages of opinions, there will be more than enough available to decry this excellent article, but the author, Peter Garrison--an occasional poster here--has, I think, done a splendid job of explaining AF447 within the limits of a newspaper op-ed article's space and the fact that it was written for a general audience.
Air France 447: Super-smart planes still vulnerable to human error - latimes.com