Easier to blame Trump.
The news last night was the FBI is now investigating the aircraft certification procedure.
“likely failed after its automated “anti-stall” system inadvertently pushed the plane’s nose downward.”
It wasn’t inadvertent. It functioned exactly as designed.
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Ahhhh, airplane is airplane....
But part of the issue was that Boeing tried to make sure that MAX-specific training wasn't required, but that the MAX kept the same pilot 'type rating' with earlier 737s.
Only a brief cockpit familiarization course was to be required.
FR scholars nailed what the problem is the day after the accident. I wonder if a complex system with significant modifications will inevitably fail at some point.
The Third World strikes again
Pilot error. Being up to date on training is the pilots responsibility.
It seems so straight-forward from the US pilots’ reporting of similar incidents. Just disengage the autopilot and fly the aircraft. Is there something wrong with the sensor? Or are the flight dynamics such that the hardware thinks stall on a climb and the software fix is to disregard the signal based on other indicators? What will be telling will be the actions taken by the flight crew to try to solve the problem.
Does anyone have data on how often this problem occurred on these planes? How often have the same circumstances(that crashed the 2 planes)been encountered and addressed successfully in flight? One crash is too many, however, how many flights have been completed by this product? Is the failure rate 2 in 1000, 2 in 5000, 2 in 10,000? What airline has the largest fleet of this model? Have they encountered this same problem?
I had a pilot instructor tell me that pilot error begins long before take off.
Pilot training may be a issue — particularly comparing Ehtiopia to America. However, Boeing was the one claiming that new flight training was not required, and had a big marketing message that their new planes flew just like the old ones. The only required training was a one-hour video that didn’t even mention the MCAS.