Emirates B777 crash was accident waiting to happen

A veteran pilot's opinion:

It was not the fault of the pilots, the airline or Boeing, because this accident could have happened to any pilot in any airline flying any modern glass cockpit airliner — Airbus, Boeing or Bombardier — or a large corporate jet with autothrottle.
It is the result of the imperfect interaction of the pilots with supposedly failsafe automatics, which pilots are rigorously trained to trust, which in this case failed them.

full text: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/emirates-b777-crash-was-accident-waiting-to-happen/news-story/ada045343f0fe335bebc4e1e4b08665a

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