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This problem does not take heroic leaps outside of boundaries and risk to careers... it's so obviously wrong that simply pointing it out should suffice, this is
by tomxor 8y ago
This problem does not take heroic leaps outside of boundaries and risk to careers... it's so obviously wrong that simply pointing it out should suffice, this isn't another challenger problem, this is staring anyone in the face blinding fucking obvious.
My point is that this _would_ have happened, people will have pointed it out, because it takes so little effort and because it's such an obviously wrong flaw. But some exec will have overruled them multiple times because money > safety.
- JohnBooty 8y agoEngineering had a perfectly good solution - a warning system that lets the crew know when the AoA sensors were out of whack. Unfortunately, somebody else decided to make it optional equipment. And some airlines decided not to pay for it. So uh, tell us how this was an engineering problem, exactly?