MU3001A
Well, it's debatable whether the under-speed/over-speed protection available is worth the risk of a single malfunctioning RA surreptitiously placing A/T in the RETARD mode at 2000' and/or commanding idle thrust after manually selecting max thrust during a stall recovery attempt.
As Rainboe said:
[automation]...that has worked fine for all the world for 25 years.........except for 1 flight.
Of course it is almost impossible to speak about "acceptable losses" so I guess you're right... And what would a redesign mean? Another accident caused by a side-effect we never thought of? Loosing the under-speed protected as auto-retard is could lead to pilots forgetting to throttle down after flare, and over-shoot the rynway. Just one example, the next example is something I've not thought if yet....
