My speculation:
- several similar aviation accidents had autopilot and/or instrument indicator problems. Rather than simply hand fly the aircraft and rely on the standby gauges, these pilots kept trying to make the automated systems fly the aircraft, and they crashed.
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I agree. Incompetent pilots hesitate to disable any type of automation because they lack the skills to fly. If this was like the Lion Air crash all they had to do was disable the automatic trim.
You just summed up the problem with the Establishment mindset, regardless of the establishment. The incompetent are slaves to the system, unfit to fly their own (be free).
Thanks for that gem.