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Old 19th Mar 2019, 13:06
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HarryMann
 
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Originally Posted by Interflug
Talking about AI... I think by now it is a reasonable conclusion to make, that MCAS is an AS system. Artificial Stupidity. Conceived, implemented and certified by humans. Driven by PG. Pathological greed.
Yeh. Think I made that point earlier based on such a blatantly naive solution to an Alpha ~ Stick force condition, messing so brutally with stab trim.

Literally, we seem to have a black and white MANDATORY CERTIFICATION requirement, ignored or overlooked by the project engineers who postulated moving these large engines up and forwards, developing into a mad rush for an affordable workaround... to a situation that would RARELY be met; would be UNDERSTANDABLE to a crew if it was; and which could ARGUABLY have been answered by a pre-existing and time-honoured stick shaker (or re-engineered shaker/ pusher pair)

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