"There have been plenty of times where a hardware issue has been covered by a software fix, but only in Switzerland have I seen a bug fixed with a bureaucracy p

"There have been plenty of times where a hardware issue has been covered by a software fix, but only in Switzerland have I seen a bug fixed with a bureaucracy patch." That's an amusing perspective, but it actually looks like it might be a hardware issue that cannot be patched purely with software, as it arises in the trackside devices that detect passing trains. I hope the method for verifying compliance with this rule does not suffer from the same problem (it may be moot: a train of 64 20 meter wagons would approach 1.5 km in length; not unusual in some places, but perhaps not Europe.) It is a bit of a stretch, but Boeing's MCAS problem might be also classed as a software issue 'fixed' with a bureaucracy patch, as the failure to make use of the available hardware to make the MCAS software fault-tolerant was 'patched' with an FAR directing pilots to the existing trim runaway procedure.