bearfoil, how many times do you remember me commenting about how unfriendly it is for the computers to toss up their metaphorical hands and deliver control to possibly surprised and unready pilots, especially when it could raise a flag and continue flying by the same rules the pilots are supposed to adopt in that situation?
I remember getting shouted down, too.
Of course, if THAT is what happened, AB would be into liability up to its neck unless it was following some higher authority's order. In that case the higher authority (the government?) would be at fault. Oh, my, would THAT be a picnic.
(Since when have governments been able to perform engineering? They do it nevertheless with the arrogance that comes with "POWER". "Because we can and we have a 'God given' right to do it.")