As we go through life, we place faith in things based on past experience or on what other people say. In this case, the pilot lost faith in the aircraft automa

As we go through life, we place faith in things based on past experience or on what other people say. In this case, the pilot lost faith in the aircraft automation and could not ever really trust it again. He couldn't live in the illusion that hurtling along at 600mph with computers in control is inherently safe at all times. His new reality is that computers bear watching at all times. That sort of hyper vigilance has got to be extremely taxing. It's important to not place faith in things.