Originally Posted by
PerPurumTonantes 
Agreed. "appropriate responses to contradictory indications"
The appropriate response is to design your systems so they don't give contradictory indications.
Originally Posted by
phylosocopter
Finally another person who gets this.
When the automation looses situational awareness it MUST silence all alarms. except the one that says "You now have manual control envelope protections are disabled"
This matter is common from AF447 to these two MAX accidents
Really. When I read that line in the WSJ story, I was flabbergasted. I guess we can hope that the journalist got it wrong and the regulators don't really think the answer to the problem is to accept that crews will be presented with contradictory indications and try to "ensure" that they respond appropriately.
Excellent conceptualization, phylosocopter: "When the automation loses situational awareness . . ."