Automation won't save you
All these people sproking automation as the saving grace, just remember there is only so much a computer can do!
If everything was automated, what would happen to aircraft still in the air around KSFO after this crash?
Do you close an airport on CAVOK day because you don't have ILS?
How do automated systems handle flameouts/engine failures/FOD blown tires ETC....
Fair enough SOMETIMES pilots make mistakes, but I don't think we are any safer relying in automation.
It all comes down to AVIATE, NAVIAGATE, COMMUNICATE.
While this accident appears to be a result of human error, lets also remember the crews of US1549 and QF32 in which ALL PASSENGERS were saved as the result of crews doing what they are trained to do!