Thanks Centaurus,
It's certainly worth a read, though it paints a gloomy picture of the present and future of the profession. Pulling no punches on AF 447, it is astonishing that it was published in Vanity Fair, a glossy magazine not renowned for engineering analysis but which, as Wiki states, is "of popular culture, fashion and current affairs." I see the author, William Langviesche, has some professional piloting experience and is the son of Wolfgang, who wrote Stick and Rudder.
His essay seems ambivalent as to whether Bernard Ziegler's concept was the best and only way ahead, and any degree of hypocrisy in Ziegler's criticisms of our profession is not noted.