[Da Coyote]

I should add to my above comment, howwever.

NO competent pilot would have allowed any of the reasons stated in the article to cause a crash.

Somehow, without computers, pilots have managed to check flap positions, etc. using (wait for it) their own eyes.

I laugh when I fly with some of the recent private pilots, who would be lost without GPS and computer aided auto pilots. I could only wish they were piloting Air Force One. (However, our AF-1 military pilots - no matter what they think about the Loon-In-Chief, wouldn’t be fooled by faulty computer readings).

[driftdiver]

The computer had nothing to do with it. It was working, just slow. The pilots did not do their job.

BTW, I’d wager that microsoft played a significant part in the design and construction of the airplane.

[Rodamala]

I ran into this love affair with GPS and "glass cockpits" 3 years ago when I (re)started logging hours for my private pilot's certificate after about a 15-20 year hiatus.

The need to yack on the radio non-stop because they like to feel self-important is notably worse as well.