The suggestion that complacency due to automated aircraft systems is somehow not acknowledged or well-known is simply false. It is a well documented occurence

The suggestion that complacency due to automated aircraft systems is somehow not acknowledged or well-known is simply false. It is a well documented occurence that we train for, both in terms of recognizing it in ourselves and others, and in combating it. Most of the "we didn't get to fly with all of this new fangled autopilot" is as misguided as the "we should add another computer to solve this complacency problem too."