For us non Airbus pilots that don't really care if the autopilot or autothrottle even works because we don't rely on them at all why is automation so important to Airbus pilots and how can it be blamed for any crash? We like to let it relieve our work load but if it quits we just hand fly. If the IAS goes away on all three air speed indicators we fly attitude and power using a QRH. We don't have to know any laws. We are either in automatic or manual. One is a little more work but no big deal. I don't get it.