Fixing C's Biggest Mistake

[Walter Bright]

On 1/11/2023 6:51 PM, Don Allen wrote:
> There is no difference whatsoever. The airplane (including pilots and ATC) 
> remains a "known, unfixed, single point of failure" when you fly. Yes, the 737 
> is a safer airplane now that the rudder actuator has been fixed. The 737 Max has 
> that fix, I'm sure. And 346 people died in  Max crashes because of a badly 
> designed software change, a failed angle-of-attack sensor, (MCAS used only one 
> of the two angle-of-attack sensors, which was crazy), pilots who weren't told 
> about the software change and how to disable it in case of trouble, etc.

Oh, but the pilots were told. The pilots were sent an EAD (Emergency 
Airworthiness Directive) which explained how to disable it and live.

The MCAS was not a single point of failure.

> You persist in missing my point.

We're just talking past each other at this point.