Originally Posted by
andytug
You need a human with the experience to solve the problem there and then, and the computer to fail safe and help out when required.
Who is this human with experience you talk about?
A vanishingly small % of airline pilots have any experience of any emergencies whatsoever in their entire career.
I had one "emergency" and I use the term loosely in my civil airline time. It ended up essentially autopilotless and autothrustless with all the captains side instruments failed.
It was the most serious thing that the captain had seen in his 20 yrs.
This is not a bad thing, this is a testament to the exceptional engineering that goes into these aircraft, but it certainly does not translate into experience.