Infrequentflyer, 789
As opposed to the direct admission of designing and building in a full stall
warning system ? Did they do that just for fun on their day off, being as it
wasn't in-spec ?
Iirc, that's a regulatory requirement, whereas stall recovery solutions are
not
I'm not being flip here and from fwics, whenever there is a known problem,
airbus do all the right things, issue advisories or press for regulatory
involvement. Development is a continuous process and no product is ever perfect.
The concern is, as you suggest, a mismatch between the goals of the manufacturers,
who have a passion, like most engineers, to build the best product, pursuit
of excellence etc and the end users, who are driven more by efficiency and the
need to minimise cost. In such a situation, there must be plenty of scope for
conflicts of interest at various points in the curve, hence the disjoint.
As you say, an interesting question. No doubt taxing the minds of many people
at present...