• officermike@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Or instead of investing in a redundancy or software failsafe for the angle-of-attack sensor that was problematic back in 2019.

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      10 months ago

      Nothing can be done! If we add a backup AOA sensor the cost of the plane will increase by 0,00001% tHiNk Of ThE ShArEhOlDeRs!!1!!

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      10 months ago

      Or investing in a plane design that was not lopsided due to being rushed out the door to compete with Airbus, necessitating the need for the MCAS system to begin with because they also didn’t want to invest in pilot retraining on how to fly a lopsided plane.