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.
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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Depends on how much the FAA changes commercial airline software before it goes into production. I don't find it hard to believe that high-ranking government employees can keep a secret.
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It would not surprise me in the least that this was added to software requirements after the rash of hijacking in the 80s. Nobody knows how 70s and 80s software works anymore.
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