SLFand Proud,
perhaps better keep it that way
I said
tends to , and the day it doesn't, my response to any control malfunctions will be a whole lot more instinctive/rational than having to fumble around on the overhead panel switching sh1t off. But, your understanding of this may not be as highly developed of course, if you have never been handed an out of control aircraft, & been expected to sort it out fairly rapidly, you can be excused for that.
It is not massively advanced, nor modern, to have commercial aircraft , in the year 2012, performing potentially lethal manouveres, requiring that you disconnect most of the "raison d' etre " to control them. . . . do you not see a contradiction here ?