are programmers "failures"?

[Dan]

(03-28-2019 07:03 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  Two B737 Max airliner crashes have taken more than 300 lives recently despite their software being developed under those stringent rules.

Apparently erroneous angle of attack readings from the nose sensor caused the computer system to overcompensate, throwing the planes into a dive.

There are claims that the Ethiopian pilots fought the computer system for the entirety of the six-minute flight, but weren't able to pull the nose up.

Boeing engineers said pilots didn't know how to override the system, and two critical safety features were sold as optional extras!

WTF!!