u/PrimeStopper

By fringe I also mean unscientific

The final report isn’t released yet, but IF it would show that one of the pilots deliberately put fuel switches in a CUTOFF position during a critical phase of the flight, it would strongly suggest one thing: a computer capable of just saying “NO” to the pilots trying to put fuel switches in a cutoff position during take-off, might have prevented the death of 260 people.

To the pilots here, you might have an objection, something like “but we need to have access to fuel switches during take-off”, so please tell me how often do you need both engines NOT running just 3 seconds after takeoff. And one more question, why would YOU need access to fuel switches rather than a computer? Let me please remind you, that we are still apes 🦧 in the cockpit. When apes want to “feel the controls”, is it really a good justification to endanger 260 other apes? A software engineer like me can program the existing systems to deny you fuel switches access during some critical phases and it would cost everyone very little!

Hello everyone. I just wanted to ask a question about chaos. I thought I understand the concept behind this word, but I started to doubt myself. Can my tiny movements cause a new Hitler to be born or a hurricane to come across my city?