> "Why would a government build an expensive, high tech piece of equipment, then not ensure it could fit the operator?" Sometimes people just do things wrong.

> "Why would a government build an expensive, high tech piece of equipment, then not ensure it could fit the operator?" Sometimes people just do things wrong. I imagine there’s some name for the fallacy of assuming all humans are perfectly intelligent, rational actors. Why wouldn’t they do it? Because the people in charge of the decision didn’t think it was that important. That’s all it takes. And to their credit, making airplanes adjustable is harder than it sounds. A fixed seat is much lighter and cheaper than an adjustable one. But, it turns out the trade offs are worth it. This is sort of like “never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence”, but “incompetence” is too strong of a word. They just didn’t know.