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The engineers may not have realized they were relying on one sensor, or they might be the $9/hour variety with no avionics experience who don't know any better.
by CydeWeys 7y ago
The engineers may not have realized they were relying on one sensor, or they might be the $9/hour variety with no avionics experience who don't know any better.
The main problem was higher up. The overall design was bad, and Boeing didn't seem to have a handle on it.
- mikeash 7y agoI suspect they were told that runaway trim wouldn’t be a serious problem, and they believed it since they wouldn’t have the expertise to analyze the whole thing from first principles.
- anticensor 7y agoOr they have a "obey all orders even when it is blatantly criminal" clause.