Originally Posted by
High on sky
Half the problem was a lack of redundancy (only getting a single AOA input). The other was letting the system activate numerous times without limits. These were (poor) decisions made by human engineers that were then programmed into the airplane. Having automation in the airplane is not the problem. Having poorly vetted automation in the airplane is problem.
And how many airplanes DIDN’T crash because a crew intervened?
You can’t have it both ways. If pilots (humans) are the problem.... then so are engineers. The difference is an engineer doesn’t have any skin on the game, I.e. their own ass.
Correction: the mgmt that answers to Wall Street, who ham string the engineers.