While I can agree with you that entering waypoints is not quite analogous to software engineering, I think we are arguing over semantics. Especially in 1999 an

While I can agree with you that entering waypoints is not quite analogous to software engineering, I think we are arguing over semantics. Especially in 1999 and especially with legacy systems, the word "programming" means "providing computers with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a task". This is similar to how a television network would "program" a list of shows to occur in order automatically. I suppose my overriding point here is that there are credentialed people with smart sounding degrees whose maximum extent of interacting with computers is typing in instructions. And therefore, we should be extremely wary when we use credentialing as the litmus test for "should they enter bomb coordinates that will be flying over civilian heads"