. So, LN, if the fix is so simple, why is Boeing taking half a year to fix it?
Don’t think I said the fix was simple, Mr. Baker did:
.I would think it would be an easy/quick fix to provide two inputs and change the software to limit MCAS's authority.
No, I don’t speak for Boeing. In my opinion they should have built a modern medium airliner instead of trying to stretch and fix the old 737, but they never asked me.
The plane may or may not been flyable based of what the pilots knew and how they were trained.
If you are basing the “flyability” of the airplane on what the pilots knew, or how they were trained, it was obviously not flyable as they crashed into the ground at 500 knots.
Very unlike Boeing! My first training on a Boeing, I was taught to almost build the plane and could tell you what every buss operated, what the backups were, how to trouble shoot the pneumatics, hydraulics, etc., etc. Today's pilot is trained more to push buttons based on what lights come on.
Agree, I have been “building” a few planes in my life too: The worst one was my first jet: DC-8-73, FO seat, 1980 performance with 1950 technology.
Sure, some smart pilot would figure it out, but we all aren't Sullys of Al Haynes.
Agree, we can only hope we would do the right thing, but impossible to say in advance, hence I am a humble pilot, and I feel sad that the Lion Air pax/crew and the Ethiopian pax/crew had to die because of unreliable airspeed and runaway trim. Especially since the Lion Air MAX had the same problem on the previous flight, the crew did the right thing and they landed safely, reported it to Maintenance and supposedly it was “fixed” overnight. Think about that for a minute, they landed safely, but the next crew could not figure out the Stab cutout checklist and everybody died.
That Ladies and gentlemen is very sad, and even more so when it happens again 5 months later and big surprise again.
Yes, maybe Boeing should have emphasized it more, maybe the FAA should have empathized it more and the local authorities, their CAA or whatever they call them should have emphasized more, or all of the above.
I hope you get your health issues sorted out!!!
Actually my health is good, just a small technically that stops me from applying honestly for a 1st, Class Medical. (Some Guys lie and keep flying, I don’t lie and take a 65% pay cut, LTD)