Thanks for pointing that out Lonewolf. I think I confused terminology and probably shouldn't have said that part. I meant the post to be a question, but I think it came out as more of a statement of fact. My aviation experience is limited to flying hang gliders, a lot of reading, and riding in the cockpit of my brother in law's 737 (who flies for a 3rd world airline where regulations are more like suggestions than law) so I really don't have much expertise in any of this. This crash has just been haunting and puzzling me ever since it happened and the engineer in me really wants to understand what might have happened. What I was trying to ask is what this accident could mean for the Boeing vs. Airbus flight control philosophy if it turns out that the computer stalled the aircraft. Anyway, I'll edit my previous post to reflect better what I was trying to say.