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but giving this particular design flaw to pilots to play with seems akin to giving a loaded pistol with no safety catch to children.

Disagree, it is more like giving a loaded pistol with a safety catch, to adults

Nicely put....and correct

For those interested Air Crash Investigation have recently produced a very good analysis of the accident.

Air Crash Investigation Season 23 Episode 4 - Power Play.

Not sure if it’s been aired on commercial television yet, however the full length version is available online if you do a bit of digging around.

Lots of good lessons can be learnt from this tragic accident, particularly with regards to how most airlines (I’ve flown for) don’t routinely throw in left field emergency training scenarios in their simulator LOFT sessions. In all honesty, I recon I would have managed the situation exactly the same way as the crew did on that terrible day if I was on the flight deck of that aeroplane due to my training.