Posted on 03/12/2019 12:52:10 PM PDT by Simon Foxx
Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT. I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better. Split second decisions are........needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!
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“As a retired airline pilot, I’m quite interested in the pitch problems that required automated inputs to control”
My understanding is that this was a anti stall feature. It would automatically apply down pitch when the situation was detected. However in at least some installations it could be fooled by a single failed angle of attack sensor. No flight control system of this sort should have such a single string design.
There have been many reports of other flights having issues with this system but the pilots knew to disable it. Hence Boeing has been trying to claim it is a training issue.
The MAX-8 has only been out less than a year. The one that went down only had 12k hours on it.
Henry Petroski To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
Fascinating book.
Remember when there was a simple diesel fuel injector repair on an F250 that did not involve removing the truck body from the frame?
Thx for the info. I’d be interested in the write-up history of this issue fleet wide for all 37MAX operators.”
Thx for the info. I’d be interested in the write-up history of this issue fleet wide for all 37MAX operators.”
BOOM! I LOVE THIS PRESIDENT!!!
POTUS acts when he needs to act - to protect lives in the good old USA!!!
You got to love this man - and his timing is impeccable, BTW!!
Agree. I look forward (with dread) to reading the final report on these crashes. Assume those countries do something close to an NTSB report.
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