It's not. The FAA puts a lot of emphasis on understanding the psychology of flying, especially in emergencies. In their eyes, while pilots have responsibility,

It's not. The FAA puts a lot of emphasis on understanding the psychology of flying, especially in emergencies. In their eyes, while pilots have responsibility, that responsibility should never go beyond actual human capabilities. A big capability that is relevant to this discussion is task saturation. With planes as complex and big as they are, it is easy for pilots to be task saturated even during normal flight. Taking a pilot out of the cockpit would make that even worse.