Yearly reminder that the most likely explanation for Flight 93's crash in a totally remote area is that the FAA has a kill switch on planes that like 2 dozen people know about.
Here's what would have to happen to have a kill switch in aircraft: Team would have to code it Team would have to test that it works Execs at aircraft manufacturers would have to know about the requirement so they can tell project planners to allocate time to putting it in 1/
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People in the government would need to know about this requirement and have some way of certifying that it was met When those people quit or retired, they'd have to pass this knowledge on to successors Routine maintenance would have to check that the kill switch is working 2/
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Any changes to other parts of the software and hardware would have to do regression tests that included making sure the kill switch still works Anyone who happens upon the kill switch and disables it as a massive aircraft destroying bug would have to be informed and told 3/
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I think you are vastly overestimating how large a team is required to make a change that would give the FAA control of a commercial plane.
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I'm not making any estimates as to the size of the team needed - I'm describing all the points that need to be covered to actually implement that feature. The required points imply a large number of people would have to know about it. Which of those requirements are unneeded?
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