[Reeses]

Airbus features “asynchronous” controls

Even worse, it averages the two inputs, which is a terrible design. One pilot was pushing forward, while the other full back, so the airplane's computer did neither up nor down. Who designs an airplane to operate by democracy? A chain of mistakes combined to cause this accident but bad socialist engineering played a large part.

[BenLurkin]

"Who designs an airplane to operate by democracy?"

Je ne sais pas!

[TalonDJ]

Even worse, it averages the two inputs, which is a terrible design. One pilot was pushing forward, while the other full back, so the airplane's computer did neither up nor down. Who designs an airplane to operate by democracy? A chain of mistakes combined to cause this accident but bad socialist engineering played a large part.

Ok, genius, how does 'conservative engineering' handle control inputs? Ignore the copilot? What if the pilot passes out and slumps over the wheel? There is a lot of 'democracy' in a redundant system. You don't want any single failure to bring down the plane. If you don't know how these things are designed then refrain from insulting engineers you have never met.