Automation Is a Tool. Human Judgement Is the Authority.

Short-form post (re-posted 4 March 2026): automation has made aviation safer but introduces the quieter risk of eroding human judgement, first in the cockpit and now at organisational level as predictive systems flag and score risk. Warns that systems built on historical data cannot handle the genuinely new, so technology must support rather than replace human decision-making. Drawn from the World Airnews February 2026 interview.