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To: fruser1

The problem is that this aircraft, apparently, has inherent instability. Boeing did not add the MCAS system just because they thought it would be fun to have a system that would grab control from time to time and crash airplanes. They added MCAS because there are certain flight regimes that can lead to a stall unless the pilot, or the aircraft, takes immediate action.

So now you fix one problem by removing the fix that you put in to resolve an even bigger problem. If MCAS will no longer correct for impending stall, how does Boeing intend to deal with the inherent instability problem?

The next Boeing 737MAX accident will be a convention stall, but the passengers will be just as dead.


5 posted on 06/06/2019 9:49:02 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: Haiku Guy
If MCAS will no longer correct for impending stall, how does Boeing intend to deal with the inherent instability problem? The next Boeing 737MAX accident will be a convention stall, but the passengers will be just as dead.

If it happens I hope it would be at a high enough altitude for the pilots to save the plane.
Unfortunately take offs and landings are by definition close to the ground. - Tom

11 posted on 06/06/2019 10:25:55 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
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