One very salient point here is the control "stick" (or what ever they call it now) doesn't move or moves very little, nor are they cross-connected side to side....none of this stick in the belly to climb nonsense. It senses the force applied and the computer responds by moving the control surfaces. The non-mobile stick was tried on the first electric jet (F-16) and discarded....the pilots demanded it be changed to a movable "stick".......and no one could look over their shoulders. I suppose one could interpret a pilot's white knuckles to see WTF he was doing. Scarebus will never admit this flaw in their system....they have studies to prove it's the way to go. I have no idea what Boeing is doing on their latest model, but I inspected many a control wheel/column on 777s.
This sad article reminds me of politicians who keep doing what doesn't work as the whole of the country crashes. The problem is obvious to a viewer from the outside looking in.
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