"Automation-Max outlines the reasons why we should not be making such hasty moves towards fully automated passenger aircraft and instead why we should start adopting new ideas and concepts to further improve our already high standards of aviation safety. In an analysis of the last 10 years of accidents, the author highlights where the human/computer weaknesses lie. He explores the vulnerability of the human pilot in the aviation world, and then he takes the debate to the next stage by asking how we need to redesign the interface between pilot and machine"-- |