That's exactly the opposite of the reaction I had which was "ugh, another example of software the human operators aren't told about doing something stupid becau

That's exactly the opposite of the reaction I had which was "ugh, another example of software the human operators aren't told about doing something stupid because the author thought they understood every situation better than the people actually in the situation." Furthermore, you don't know that it's software that's improving the safety of flights, it could be changes in procedures and training.