Originally Posted by
FrequentSLF
A simple question from an engineer, why a designer should put a pilot in such situation, why the designer cannot prevent and design a solid system? And why if he is not able to do so the blame is on the operator? A wrong design is a wrong design, no matter how much you train the operators
A simple answer; a designer will do what his boss tells him to do and his boss will tell him to do what increases the share price. A simple answer is that neither Boeing nor the airlines were willing to pay for the cost of a full re-design.