He said: “The problem is that putting the ‘flight director’ on ‘off’ is recommended but… there is no reminder on the instruments panel.
If a "reminder" is needed to the pilots of such a simple process, then how about "reminders" for the myriad of other knobs, switches, levers on a modern flight deck. The problem here is that non-aviation savvy judges then think the lawyer is right and makes solemn judgements based on bulls#@t.
Huge law suits then result.