Sounds like two pilots overwhelmed by all the bells and whistles in the modern cockpit. In the last two decades we've moved toward having computers flying the jet, with pilots at the receiving end of electronic commands rather than the other way around.
US Airways Captain Sullenberger III, who flew an Airbus A320 in his "miracle" Hudson River landing two years ago, said in an interview that automation is a "mixed blessing." While computerized planes are capable of protecting a pilot, they can also produce other types of errors that would likely not have occurred in an older jet.
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