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I'm just grateful I'm not a core Python dev after reading this thread. I've never seen so much negativity concentrated in one place in quite some time, for a feature of a programmi…

The issue with this and `singledispatch` is that they no longer support pseudo-types from the `typing` module [1] so you can't use them with containers of type `x`, e.g. `List[str]…

That doesn't mean it can't use the same _jetway_ (we were discussing jetways, not gate spacing) you'd use on a 737 or that a 737 can't park at a stand wide enough to fit an A380.

I can assure you you can use the same jetway on a 737 that you can use on an A380.

I think it's a little bit of everything (stairs, tech, loading/unloading) but the main reason prrrobably was being able to throw bags into the cargo hold without the need for GSE -…

The 737 rudder hardover wasn't discovered until the mid-to-late 90s, a long, loooong time after the 737 entered into service. That does not quite speak to the benefit of a mature p…

There is no other modern airliner with a software bodge for static stability. No, Airbuses are not comparable (Airbus FBW control laws are _not_ for stability control) and they are…

I don't know which one you imagine MCAS to be but see [1]; specifically: MCAS is a longitudinal stability enhancement. It is not for stall prevention (although indirectly it helps)…

> After an incident like this ... Clearly, that didn't happen, or a second MAX wouldn't have crashed under very similar circumstances. > Southwest installed additional gear on thei…

You're putting the safety record into chauvinist context, to be exact. An AoA failure is sufficiently rare for it to have only occured in a couple of occasions in - shockingly - on…

MCAS has absolutely nothing to do with maintaining commonality. An aircraft with decreasing stick force on approach to stall in its normal mode of operation would've never been cer…

> A brand new design would probably introduce more serious flaws than an interation of a mature design As evidenced by the ever-crashing 787s and A350s.

I think you've misunderstood. The system you're describing kicks in when (a) the aircraft is on the ground, (b) commanded thrust is idle and (c) the engines continue to produce thr…