I read the article that was mentioned in ALPA's fast read about the public release of the CVR transcript from one of the planes in the recent Brazilian midair collision. It is kind of chilling. Anyone who's ever wrestled with the glass cockpit, FMS, ACARS, SAT phone,TCAS knobbage (or lack of....) can picture himself in these guys' place. Anyway, given my history of mislabled links, I offer this one:

William Langewiesche on the Amazon air crash: About Us: vanityfair.com