John Theune writes:

I'm a software engineer and I've dabbled a little in real time systems
and there are many things that can cause a system to reboot. It might
be a **** poor design or it might be something else.

It's always poor design, unless power is cut to the system. This is
something that many software engineers don't understand.

The aircraft does not freeze in suspended animation while the system
reboots.

I just went back and
re-read the story and realized that this was not truly a garmin problem.

If the G1000 rebooted, it's a Garmin problem (although there may be
others).

The modified fuel system caused the problem and those additions are
outside the design envelop of the garmin system.

Rebooting is not an appropriate response to excursions outside the
envelope.

Bottom line is
that this was a modified system and to hold garmin responsible and use
that are a reason not to have advanced avionics is not good idea.

Why not? Does somebody have to die first?

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