[RC51]

I’m a software engineer and a pilot. I also have a masters degree in aviation safety.

Yes, all software has bugs and unplanned for / untested “edge cases”. However this particular aircraft doesn’t need the computer to fly and it can be switched off.

The transponder is an isolated piece of equipment on the 777. It isn’t linked to any other digital system in cockpit. So a flight computer going bad couldn’t impact the transponder in anyway.

This thing has 7500 written all over it.

[cynwoody]

This thing has 7500 written all over it.

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49088

[Delta Dawn]

7500?

[don-o]

I’m a software engineer and a pilot. I also have a masters degree in aviation safety.

You are the guy I look for on FR - someone who knows stuff. Is the news contained in the story (new "milepost") manually entered) significant?