You take a look at the amazing things it has to do and the environment it has to operate in and you manage a better than ~ 2:100 failure rate. IN THE 80's.

Then we will talk.

What it managed to achieve was monumental, even if it was never designed to work perfectly 100% of the time. If we were designing for that, we would still be on the ground.

The cockpit is like this: but far more advanced.
(Kinda, the Space Shuttle is technically a glider).

http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm