New from Ralph Nader
"Unsafe at any height"
But be very very happy this was caught at the simulator testing stage. Can you imagine what would have happened if this lockup was triggered on an airport approach over somewhere like London or Berlin - or even any airport where the final approach was over a residential area. It'd be carnage.
And before you lay the blame entirely at Boeings door remember - they build aircraft to what the airlines will pay and that's a function of what you pay for tickets. Cheaper flights, cheaper and less resilient aircraft. I'm by no means saying Boeing are innocent in this, they have murdered people (including if I remember right, one of Naders neices) in the pursuit of profit, but they aren't the only culprits, cheap flights = flying shitboxes and Airbus have had their share of accidents in their time (although they do try to build decent product).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
