Companies which produce aircraft must hire licensed engineers to do the design and implementation work. AVs are almost all software. Licensed software enginee

Companies which produce aircraft must hire licensed engineers to do the design and implementation work. AVs are almost all software. Licensed software engineers do not exist. While there are regulations and standards for every other form of engineering, there is nothing for software. And courts have recognized this. They have stated that companies can not be found criminally negligent regardless of their practices because there are no standards which they are failing to adhere to.