Robert Mark : Writer suggested it 's easy to land jet at wrong time . True , with a twist . Southwest Airlines joins similar cases from recent years . These should raise alarm , he says . He says pilots often failed to heed what computer was telling them . Complacency a threat . Mark : And yet each time , the crew managed to figure out a way not to heed the warnings . He should demand ` ` automation ' '' be put on the ' front - burner .
Robert Mark : Writer suggested it 's easy to land jet at wrong time . True , with a twist . Southwest Airlines joins similar cases from recent years . These should raise alarm , he says . He says pilots often failed to heed what computer was telling them . Complacency a threat . Mark : He should demand ` ` automation ' '' be put on the ' front - burner .