Coincidentally a very interesting discussion on BBC R4 this morning from the author of "The Glass Cage" concerning man's interaction with automation - listen to the end to hear quite a lot about aviation.
Here is the link - start listening at 1.20.55:-
The Glass Cage
Interesting indeed.
I saw this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt8ooCms4sE
and you clearly understand why planes goes down once the automation fails.