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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
The whole reason why MCAS even exists in the first place? Because Boeing's engineers had accidentally redesigned the 737 Max to pitch up... so instead of fixing the weight balance like they should and stabilizing the plane... they had the software automatically pitch it down instead. No amount of training will 100% compensate for a design flaw.
Ditto AVs. More people drive than fly, and one lazy team of car engineers can (and have) hurt a lot more people at once than Boeing ever could. Did you know some Teslas don't have a manual door release?
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At its heart that was all done to save money by not developing a new airframe. Simplified, take the ancient 737, slap some new engines in it and try to software their way out of the problems created.