I always wondered who even decided that averaging the input is a good idea.
It sounds like it makes sense at first glance, but if you think about it a little bit more it actually doesn't make any sense.
The average of two inputs is basically garbage, it doesn't do what either of the pilots want to do and it breaks feedback for both of the pilots.
After watching tons of Mentour Pilot videos (who, by the way, covered [0] this incident) I am convinced that this feature shouldn't exist at all.
And no, I don't think that I'm smarter than people who originally designed this system. I just think that this particular feature was not designed at all. It seems like an afterthought. Like, "hey, there is this corner case that we haven't thought about, what should we do if both pilots input something on the controls? - well, let's just average it, kinda makes sense, right?"
> After watching tons of Mentour Pilot videos (who, by the way, covered [0] this incident) I am convinced that this feature shouldn't exist at all.
There is some selection bias at play here. We don't know how many situations happened where averaging the input was the right thing to do and avoided an accident, as Mentour Pilot does not make videos about those.
I'm not saying averaging is good. I have no idea. But a number of videos about crashes (which I watch and think are awesome) are not a good reason to form beliefs.
> I don't think that I'm smarter than people who originally designed this system.
This sentence says one thing, the other sentences in your comment say the opposite. It certainly reads like you think you're smarter than those people. Which as far as I know could be true, no idea. My point is a disclaimer does nothing if you actually do the mistake you know you should avoid.
It sounds like it makes sense at first glance, but if you think about it a little bit more it actually doesn't make any sense.
The average of two inputs is basically garbage, it doesn't do what either of the pilots want to do and it breaks feedback for both of the pilots.
After watching tons of Mentour Pilot videos (who, by the way, covered [0] this incident) I am convinced that this feature shouldn't exist at all.
And no, I don't think that I'm smarter than people who originally designed this system. I just think that this particular feature was not designed at all. It seems like an afterthought. Like, "hey, there is this corner case that we haven't thought about, what should we do if both pilots input something on the controls? - well, let's just average it, kinda makes sense, right?"
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tIVu0Dpc2o