I find it very interesting that, as the article points out, the EASA is going in the exact opposite direction of wanting automation to reduce the number of pilo

I find it very interesting that, as the article points out, the EASA is going in the exact opposite direction of wanting automation to reduce the number of pilots to one. Personally I think the FAA is entirely in the right, automation is a great thing in planes, but it can not adequately replace competent, well trained and knowledgable crew. Automation does not work well under extraordinary circumstances, especially in difficult circumstances pilots need to be able to manually control their planes. One thing which is underappreciated is how difficult it is to get software on a plane, especially security critical software. And as the complexity of the automation software rises, so does the amount of verification work which needs to be done and the difficulty in figuring out if the software behaves correctly under extraordinary circumstances.