[aclissold]

Interesting point.

I guess whether it’s human error at the hands of the pilot/driver, or human error at the hands of the engineer/designer, we can never fully remove it from the equation.

Should we just give up? Seems the best we can do is try and mitigate risk, and automated systems condense this risk down into fewer points of failure (i.e., there are less engineers than users!).

[sam_lowry_]

The difference is, the pilot is one person, and his life is in danger, so he is dead serious. Designers/engineers work in teams, supervised by managers and driven by market. Responsibility is diluted to the point that evereyone feels they did nothing wrong, although the results are catastrophic.