And yet, many pilots would have landed the plane safely. So what is it when some pilots can handle the situation, and some pilots cannot? Pilot error? Pilot ignorance?
Boeing’s mistake is not having an idiot proof airplane.
All those highly skilled pilots are going to suffer from this attack on Boeing, because the attack is going to hasten the introduction of automation and idiot proofing. Low skill piloted airplanes and no pilot airplanes will be coming.
I think it amounts to how forgiving the situation is to error.
Landing isn't the problem, take-off is. The problem is when the plane thinks it is stalling because the angle of attack is high during take-off. The computer tries to nudge the nose down, but there isn't a lot of room for error when the pilot is just taking off.
It would be different if this happened at cruising altitude where the pilot has miles of altitude to correct the problem.
-PJ
And yet, many pilots would have landed the plane safely. So what is it when some pilots can handle the situation, and some pilots cannot? Pilot error? Pilot ignorance?
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Lion Air is known for its pay to fly program. Inexperienced pilots pay the airline to fly their 737s.
“And yet, many pilots would have landed the plane safely. So what is it when some pilots can handle the situation, and some pilots cannot? Pilot error? Pilot ignorance?
Boeing’s mistake is not having an idiot proof airplane.”
Two good points. Where were the thousands of pilots that flew the 737 MAX over the years without complaint?
On the other hand, commercial airliners need to be controllable by moderately skilled pilots.
And Boeing deceived.
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“many pilots would have landed the plane safely. “
Are your stating that many pilots have had MCAS issues low to the ground?