considering the FE on that C-5 Dover crash wasn't doing what he was supposed to makes your argument pretty invalid.
Also, I have had numerous times in the C-5 where the FE has passed up invalid data and if the jump seater hadn't caught it before passing the data up, the approach speeds would put us into a stall......it's a 2 way street
and on the flip side, "Man, i wish i was a c-17 pilot" - Said no C-5 pilot ever
i know, its crazy that we actual run emergency checklists, land at the right airports, land on the runway, stay on the runway, and put the gear down.......