Posted on 06/28/2020 1:21:12 PM PDT by mowowie
Exactly.
“Holding the trim wheel, using the electric trim on the yoke, keeping the throttles set correctly, disabling automatic trim, or keeping the flaps extended while the stick shaker was activated: any of the previous would have prevented the crashes”
You have no idea what you are talking about. Armchair quarterbacking.
The MCAS system was improperly constructed to create a very dangerous nose down condition once activated. None of your blathering can change that.
The previous CEO “ran over the rainbow getting to the pot of gold” as the current CEO stated. Frankly, I don’t think either CEO knew of the improper construction of the MCAS, but they both had to have known the MCAS system was a red flag that the new engines were not a very good idea. They should have followed the thought that a 125 seat airplane was a better long-term strategy.
Sadly, the execs didn’t get their bonuses last year, this year, and probably not next year, and neither will any of the employees. Employees get between 5-15% salary bonus, but not these years. It is also why some have left, well, that and the layoffs and furloughs.
Going to be a tough sell for airline passages. I wouldn’t trust one no matter what Boeing and especially the FAA say.
During an earlier flight, the MCAS activated due to an alpha vane failure on one of the accident aircraft (the same thing that happened to the crashed flights). The competent crew handled the situation and landed the aircraft safely at the destination. Even with the original design, a faulty MCAS activation was no more dangerous than a runaway trim.
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