Stopstart:
I have not, however, had the pleasure of seeing my aircraft transition from steady state cruise in PATH or ALT to a sudden 20 degree+ nose down descent at a rate that put people on the ceiling.
I think you are rather prejudging the cause of the incident.
It could have been a minor computer glitch, exaccerbated by an incorrect humanoid input.
It could have been the overly muscular and hairy hostie dropping a box of RAF inflight magazines on the stick.
It could have been a gangly and brain-dead f/o trying to get back into his seat, and placing his size 14 boot in the wrong place.
Who knows? But to say Boeing is best on the back of this incident is hugely premature. Our Boeings were so notorious at inflight excursions, that a proposal was put forward to charge the pax for 'fairground entertainment'. A quid for each zero-g bunt. We could have made a fortune....
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