[Capt. Tom]

When he did get a look at the system, Jacobsen said he was “shocked to discover that the airplane was purposely designed and certified to use just one AOA (Angle of Attack) input for a flight critical function.”

I have no expertise in airplanes but to me that single Angle of Attack input leapt out at me.

To me it is like selling automobiles to the public with only rear wheel brakes. Do you need front wheel brakes also? No, but if you lose the rear wheel brakes because of a broken or leaking brake fluid line , you my very well crash the car. -Tom

[Pollard]

Don’t know a lot about cars do you?

Front brakes are 80% of your braking power so yes, you definitely need them.

Better analogy would be the old single reservoir master cylinders so that if you get a leak, you have zero brakes. Since the 60s, they’ve been dual reservoir, one for front and one for back. That way you have something if one end or the other leaks. Preferably it would be a back leak because back brakes only are near useless, especially on a pickup truck with an empty bed.