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Old 30th Nov 2008, 21:31
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DozyWannabe
 
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I can understand why some become pitbulls, this is after all the professional pilots forum and not for amateurs to expound their crank theories on matters they don't understand.
In all fairness, it's not entirely unknown for some of the professionals on here to expound their own pet prejudices against technologies, borne possibly out of fear they don't fully understand said technologies. "Computer says no" is a funny one-liner on TV because it reflects real-life experience with unyielding technology at home or in the office, but it bears absolutely no relation to the functioning of a modern FBW aircraft control system.

I'm not going to say anything about this accident until we have some more concrete information about what did or did not happen, but it does sadden me to see the finger pointed at technology before any of the wreckage has been brought ashore.
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