Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Software Engineers

Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by jki275 on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:05PM (#24112171)

Right -- it didn't give the exact same feedback to the pilot that the regular 737 did, which was why MCAS was created. The aircraft is no more or less unstable than a regular 737.

The original 737 does exactly the same thing the Max does with respect to producing a pitch-up moment -- as does nearly every other aircraft. It's just not nearly as pronounced as the Max is.

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Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by dTal on Monday August 10, 2020 @03:08PM (#24112862)

I'm sorry, none of that is correct. Did you read my link? The aircraft doesn't meet FAA regulations without the MCAS.

>The Boeing 737 MAX MCAS system is there ONLY to meet the FAA longitudinal stability requirements as specified in FAR Section 25.173, and in particular part (c) which mandates "stick force vs speed curve:, and also FAR Section 25.203 — "Stall characteristics".

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Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by jki275 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @09:45AM (#24120165)

It's exactly correct. The two points aren't in opposition.

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