Originally Posted by
GarageYears
Why is it of note? This is normal STS action.
- GY
The STS functionality is also a software routine programmed into the FCC, it is a virtual system only.
The aviation community (outside of the test community) has become all-too-comfortable in accepting and using simplistic discrete 'system' descriptions for different functions that are actually hosted by a common system running a common code.
I readily accept and acknowledge that a number, or even the majority, of professional pilots will have their 'pedant' caption flashing when they read my words, but these distinctions matter. If and when Boeing produces an acceptable software-only fix for the current issues the only thing that will change will be the software version running in the FCCs.