Given the heavy automation in the systems, the question is, how does being suddenly thrown into a situation where the automation *isn't* working as expected and where you have to rapidly figure out both the technical and human elements of it, something which makes these sorts of mistakes more likely than they should be?
Agreed but if that point can be reached, surely there must be some 'emergency red button' which just disables all automation and "hands back manual control" from whatever law or state the system is currently in/resets all warnings.
Of course, hardware does go wrong/gets frozen. Would a big red button have helped AF447? Maybe and maybe not. I guess we could find ourselves in an argument about whether pitot tubes are fit for purpose?
