that is the stupidest comment i've ever heard.
No kidding. Not that I cannot type without looking but that comment was pretty dumb, sorry.
And I use the backlit keyboard on my MBP when I turn all the lights off in the room.
I think it was a bad choice by Apple to remove something that is useful. Probably, they will put in the next revision of MBA and people who wants it will sell their current MBA and buy a new one