Comment by StillBored
6 years ago
I don't know why this is down voted.
Yes software bugs happen, but they are fixing this with documentation rather than root causing the problem.
That should worry people, because until its been root caused the actual implications are also unknown. For all we know its a symptom of a bug that will cause a more severe problem somewhere else.
Do you have a source for the claim they haven't identified the root cause before determining that a regular reboot is a suitable mitigation?
Occam's razor.
This is a bug with ""several potentially catastrophic failure scenarios". Yet, its not been fixed in the ~10 years since it first flew. Nor is it the first, there have been a number of fairly critical bugs on this airplane that took a long time to diagnose before changes were submitted for certification.
So, In ~10 years and many major revisions of the aircraft, multiple re-certifications, etc none of them have bothered to fix it. One might argue they are afraid of changing the software because it might cause other catastrophic failures, but that leads down a thought process just as severe.
There is nothing like when truth is rubbing people the wrong way.
The off-the-charts arrogance of programmers allows creation of unbelievable tools and at the same time enslaves the person to the blind ego.