Using computers to fix bad aerodynamics
Using computers to fix bad/unstable aerodynamics might be great in military fighter jets but obviously not in commercial airliners. The real problem at Boeing was they saw the Airbus 3xx series being successful and chose to use computer assisted flight dynamics instead of the longer path of re-designing the 737 to use new wings/engines in an aerodynamically benign way. Bad choice, in retrospect.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
