"Human factors" has , is , and will always be a factor in all the future accidents. The interface between man and machine will always be a problem.
Absolutely correct. However, people do change with times. Modern People grow up with digital devices. Modern people develop a totally different style of receiving and processing information. Therefore of course Human Factors will allways be a factor, but the perfect human interface will allways change. The "Dos Generation" will find it easy to press three keys at a time, the iPhone Generation will find it easy to swipe across a touch screen and vice versa. Some peple will find it easier to have the same key with the same function at the same place all the time, others will find it easier to always have the most important key in every situation on top. Some find it easier to recognize a switch position with a glance, others find it easier to recognize it by its color changing with its setting. Some will be more alarmed by a warning light, some by a sound. I never found speed tapes easy to read, and probably never will. The main issue of Human Factors is that there is not a single standardized human on this planet...