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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Ditto automobiles.
I think Trump is asking whether the FAA may have enough information to ground all 737 MAX airliners until the cause of the two crashes are clearly identified. It should be noted that Southwest, the largest operator of the 737 MAX 8, has never experienced any serious control problems with the plane; Boeing needs to look at Southwest’s training procedures and see if Southwest’s training procedures can be implemented for all 737 MAX operators.
This one bothers me too. And even when they do work, the water is always COLD and never hot. How are we supposed to control infectious diseases or kill human waste germs if it is always cold? In fact they violate health codes in probably every municipality. Most require business bathrooms to have hot running water to wash with or shut the doors and not operate at all, especially every business that serves food.
I don’t need to keep up any further than this:
NTSC has not determined the cause of the JT610 crash.
So, maybe this plane is their Win 8 and unlike Microsoft that can just move on to Win 10, folks gotta die ‘cause... well, it’s a plane after all.
As a retired airline pilot, I’m quite interested in the pitch problems that required automated inputs to control. Most all swept wing aircraft nowadays require yaw-dampeners that prevent “Dutch-roll” tendencies that activate automatically. This sounds like a similar system, except it counters unwanted pitch sensitivity caused by low-slung high-powered jet engines, particularly at high (take-off) power-settings.
In the US where airline pilots are both highly experienced and extremely well trained, there have been no such desasters in many years of MAX operations
Just remember, the dirty hands always touch the handles. Even after you was your hands you reach out touch the dirty handles to turn the water off.
Two years ago, I got a Kia Rio with an automatic transmission, radio, AC, and that’s it for extras. Keys to unlock the doors. Wind-down windows. Better than most cars for not having blind spots. No GPS or those subscription radio stations. I love it. I doubt a car this simple will be available much longer.
Just kidding here... well, what the hell. Nothing would surprise me now.
Sounds to me like the plane has a design flaw. If you need a computer program to make a plane take off without crashing, then the plane is defective. This is not your father’s 737. If a pilot can’t take full control at any time, then the ship is not airworthy.
A couple years ago jeep had to “quietly” recall all their new Grand Cherokees because computers kept acting weird, like suddenly dying or accelerating uncontrollably. After researching it they found the cause.
They had started using a new compound that year for the windshield wiper blades. Turns out that if you accidentally turned on the wipers while the windshield was dry this compound somehow produced enough static to cause havoc with the computer.
I suspect you are correct on this. This is beyond a software patch or a training manual update.
Try programming some alarm clocks at various hotels. I just want to set the correct time for current and wake up time. Some of these damn clocks have so many unwanted features I have to spend time just figuring it out.
Worse is when the damn alarm doesn’t go off. I’m all for the KISS principle.
Crazy stuff.
Makes you wonder what might really be happening in the Burmuda triangle. haha
Yes, you do.
Technology Overshoot - bump for later....
I'm still running Windows XP, and they are trying to make it difficult for me to keep doing so. My next "upgrade" is going to be moving to Linux where I don't have to keep up with what @$$holes on the West Coast think is an "upgrade."
+1.
The Ethiopian plane apparently never really gained much altitude after takeoff. Only around 1,000 feet.
That seems much different than the Lion Air incident.
The Lion Air plane also had quite a bit of work done trying to resolve problems reported.
The Ethiopian flight didn’t have any work done as no problems were reported, apparently.
I think it’s a good thing that the MCAS system is being examined and it’s use and operation clarified, in any case.
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