Skypark
Nice to see a ray of reasonable thought break through from time to time.
Nice to see a ray of reasonable thought break through from time to time.
The Max was supposed to enter service without type training, or pilot certification. Where Boeing screwed the pooch was when they failed to instruct pilots on a particular system that functioned without their input, and cranked AND trim to the limits with no warning. It’s still a mystery why the crews didn’t think to pickle the trim motors.
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I think the prime canine incident was the reliance on a single sensor for a flight control system.
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It is very sad to see that pilot training has degraded to this level. Makes me sick thinking about people losing their loved ones because of incompetance.
I may be wrong, but didn’t
Boeing offer the Max with an optional AOA dis-agreement annunciator plus Optional AOA direct readout on both pilot’s flight displays? Only the “leasing” companies that ordered the sparsely spec’d out Boeing in order to maximize profits declined the options. Lion Air & Ethiopian Airways didn’t have a flight standards branch with sufficient aircraft knowledge to order a properly equipped aircraft. Although surprised by the aircrafts unusual deviation movements the crew had to realize they had a control issue and memory items calls for both cut-out switches to off…….manually fly the aircraft to a return landing. just saying.