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> These planes cannot fly without a computer adjusting them to keep the balance, something that is not true of any other major aircraft. The problem can be solved with software, but its more like a bandaid.

Why is it wrong to rely on software?

I'm not sure I understand the issues you're talking about but many military aicraft are deliberately built to be dynamically unstable and need constant software control to fly.

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>I'm not sure I understand the issues you're talking about but many military aicraft are deliberately built to be dynamically unstable and need constant software control to fly.

Some specific fighter variants are built this way, yes. But the risk tolerance for a single-seat fighter aircraft that has to fly combat sorties is very different than for a civilian airliner with hundreds of people onboard.

> many military aicraft are deliberately built to be dynamically unstable and need constant software control to fly.

Yes. It's also well understood that combat pilots accept the possibility of death when they sign up for military service. That's not the risk tolerance that is accepted for passenger travel.

Read my update, this was a criminal action taken to cut costs

Because people died and will continue to die unless the airframe/engine configuration , which they knew was faulty, is changed to not be garbage.

It is crazy to accept a flawed design when people's lives are at stake. A plane isnt a movie or a song. You cant just fix stuff in post. Do it right the first time.

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