I disagree. The airframe is inherently unstable and incapable of maintaining level flight without the software “fix”.
This is not a military high-performance aircraft that needs instability to allow for high-performance maneuverability. The design needs to be scrapped.
I don’t know. there are 1,000s of hours of acceptable operation.
During how many hours of that operation did this software [and sensor] provide [good/correct] trim adjustments?
Given the trend to autonomous vehicle operation, statistics seem to come heavily into play during operation concerning “anomalous” events/conditions in the operating envelope.
I think they put more powerful engines on it and that causes the nose to rise inordinately which they “fixed” with software that has no redundancy and they didn’t tell anybody about it. I think the CEO has mentally regressed into childhood a bit. Well just put some paint and Bondo over the cracks- maybe no one will notice.