Originally Posted by
Pontius
Five Boeing types and it's always been in the manual. Just piss-poor systems knowledge and assuming instead of checking. Boeing is certainly not to blame in this matter; the culpability lays firmly with the pilots.
I can't abide these ambulance-chasing scum; they're screwing up the world for the rest of us with all the nanny state, we-know-better rules we have foisted upon us because of greedy people and greedy lawyers.
I don't agree with the lawsuit but "Modal" controls are notorious for helping to cause errors. A simple "BZZZZZT" alert may be all that is needed to remind a busy crew that this control is not going to do what you thought it was going to do. When TOGA is required it could be assumed that things are not going according to plan.