Originally Posted by
ontheklacker
Any aircraft with “underslung” engines could go vertical - it’s up to the pilots to not let that happen.
No, it is not as simple as that. A stick pusher should be required on all aircraft that do not have a natural nose down response, at the stall. And there are many of those. It should not be simply up to the crew to counter a natural pitch-up response, from an aircraft with inadequate stall characteristics.
Look up the BEA (BA) 548 Trident incident at Heathrow, where a lack of a stick-pusher resulted in a disaster. In that case Hawker Sidley (Bae) were forced to add a stick-push system to the Trident, to prevent a repeat event. So the precedent has already been set - should not Boeing also be forced to add a stick-push system, instead of a trim-push system? The trim-push has already shown its flaws, so should not the more trusted stick-push be fitted instead?
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