I think the point is that a pax can't expect to jump up into the
cockpit, push the "autoland" button and land the plane as was wildly
speculated after 9/11.
I don't recall saying I'd flow the 7 series. After college I worked for
an embedded systems firm writing software for the aerospace industry,
including some autopilot systems. I think I still have some of the
system specifications. At least at the time, there was no provision in
the software to smooth out a flare by taking advantage of longer
runways. Every landing was basically a short field landing. There was a
small range in the TDZ in which the wheels were required to touch. It
was obvious to the posterior that the pilots flare differently than the
software, mostly because the pilots didn't seem concerned about
floating past the narrow TDZ parameters the auto system had
established.

-Robert