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by cedivad 921 days ago
> When my AoA sensor fails, then what?

crickets, let's just randomise which sensor we use during boot, that ought to do it!

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> Airlines really want to be able to use pilots' existing type-rating on this hulking zombie of a 60s-era airframe with modern engines but it behaves differently under certain conditions, what do we do?

let's just build a system that pushes the nose down under those conditions, have it accept potentially unreliable AoA data, and not tell pilots about it!

"AoA sensor" - Angle of Attack sensor.

And the reference is presumably to 737 MAX accident. https://www.afacwa.org/the_inside_story_of_mcas_seattle_time...

Epic fail indeed, costing many lives.