Originally Posted by
Uplinker
Likewise.
A few seem concerned about having autonomous flight control surfaces, but have pilots ever been concerned about the yaw damper fitted to the aircraft they fly? The yaw damper is automatic and transparent to the pilots. It just works.
Any system should be properly developed, test-flown, and engineered. If a system has NOT been properly developed, test-flown and engineered - for example the Boeing MCAS - problems can arise.
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I see the similarity, but yaw dampers are standard jet equipment, with a well-understood reason for existence since the 50's. I think recent history justifies a raised eyebrow at other self-moving control surfaces that Boeing slipped under the rug and ran.