FAA will issue notice that Boeing 737 MAX planes are still airworthy: Source

CNBC ^ | 11 March 2019

[Magnatron]

The plane is certainly "airworthy". The challenge is that the crews are not being properly trained on the new system design, the system itself is not a simple switch change to deactivate (time is of the essence in these incidents), and that simulator time is difficult as the major airlines using this system do not have MAX simulators available to train on.

It's "airworthy" but not "safe" at the moment.

[Publius]

I rode in two of them this past weekend on Southwest Airlines.

For the return trip, the plane was grounded for some unspecified reason, and we got off the ground three hours later on a different 737 Max.

[Magnatron]

I had a return flight from Denver this week that had me riding back-to-back on the MAX. I changed my reservation today.

Nope.

Not yet.

[butlerweave]

Are they using Windows 10 ?

[Red Badger]

Hmmm.......Jakarta, Indonesia........Ethiopia...........Hmmmm..........there must be a connection...............

[ImNotLying]

Good, let the FAA fly in them

[BBQToadRibs]

Windows NT. They’re looking for the Win 7 upgrade next year. 10 is out of budget.

[z3n]

Are they using Windows 10 ?

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[DesertRhino]

Sounds good. Then I’m sure the FAA wouldn’t mind chartering one and flying to 50 airports around the USA to hold some quick press conferences.

[DesertRhino]

Yeah there is a connection, they were both brand new planes Max 8 737s, both on the first flight of the day, both crashed in the first few minutes of that flight (13 min Lion air, 6 min Ethiopian) Both had a new anti stall software. Both planes showed a battle to hold altitude with constant violent changes in rate of climb and descent.

Boeing has a problem with this new change to the 737 and better fix this fast even if it is only a matter of training.

[mewzilla]

The planes may not be the problem.

[Red Badger]

Sounds like Boeing hasn’t debugged their software.

Fly-by-wire can be a deadly mistake...................

[TexasGator]

Why do you ask?

[RayChuang88]

I think the FAA will carefully look at the simulators used by Southwest, American and United, the three US-based airlines have ordered the 737 MAX models. They especially want to look at the experience of Southwest pilots in both simulator training and actual flight operations, who has 34 737 MAX 8's in their fleet.

[JohnBrowdie]

a discount indonesian airline. ethiopian airlines.

blaming boeing seems a little, er, shortsighted.

[Revel]

You get it!

[JohnBrowdie]

a 737 max probably takes off every few minutes. diagnosing this on the basis of almost no knowledge from your armchair is just pretentious and dumb.

[shotgun]

Just read on MSN that witnesses claim to hear a loud bang and looked up to see flames and debris coming from the aircraft before it crashed. It said the flight tracker only showed one drop in altitude but that drop would have been close to surface elevation. Pilot reported he needed to return but never made it.

[Robe]

I curious as to if any incidents have taken place on US airlines, and what were the actions taken.
True that there aren’t any MAX-8 simulators.
But I suspect that there is a problem in the software reading the inputs from only 2 AOA sensors, computers can get confused deciding which one is correct, and a third and you go with the 2 that are in agreement. (BTW Airbus uses 3 AOA’s)

[Paal Gulli]

The FAA’s opening position always is that until there’s evidence to the contrary, it’s always pilot error.