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Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit, limiting ability to shut off MCAS
In the middle of Boeing 737 cockpits, sitting between the pilot seats, are two toggle switches that can immediately shut off power to the systems that control the angle of the plane’s horizontal tail. But as Boeing was transitioning from its 737 NG model to the 737 MAX, the company altered the labeling and the purpose of those two switches. (www.seattletimes.com) Plus d'info...The more I hear, the more I think people should be going to jail over this. At the very least, the CEO and other key players should be fired. It's sad to see an American giant like Boeing disgraced like this.
Sabotaging pilots is not a good way to design a system.
The FAA allowing Boeing to check off their own compliance seems to of had somebody at Boeing figure everything will be okay so let the engineers and sales handle it. Ended up very horrible for a lot of persons. The FAA and whatever organization oversees them is very responsible seeing it should of been spotted by a qualified FAA man. Aviation did not get to where it is today with shortcuts. How about just having a progressively more active control if going to the limits on the controls.
Your comment is nonsensical, you're talking in circles.
Boeing lobbied for self regulation & received it, of which the MAGA party endorses.
The Max is the result of self regulation, period.
Boeing lobbied for self regulation & received it, of which the MAGA party endorses.
The Max is the result of self regulation, period.
"period" - really? Now that is nonsensical. And how many tests have you done to confirm that? Where is it written that Boeing in now complexity unregulated? What can you tell us about Boeing's 'self-regulation' procedures? Just how does that work, exactly?
I think you have a problem with Trump and are just venting nonsense. That's OK. You are allowed to do that. And I am allowed to call your out. You have no real idea of the complexities involved here. No one does.
I think you have a problem with Trump and are just venting nonsense. That's OK. You are allowed to do that. And I am allowed to call your out. You have no real idea of the complexities involved here. No one does.
Actually I do know EXACTLY.... remember MAGA and winning is EASY, just keep believing the con!
THIS JUST IN - AFTER 346 PEOPLE HAVE SUDDENLY DIED IN TESLA AUTOMOBILE CRASHES ELON MUSK ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL REVERSE THEIR DECISION TO MAKE THEIR CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM INCREASE THE VELOCITY OF THE VEHICLE WHILE STEERING INTO THE SKID EVEN AFTER THE LANE CONTROL SENSORS HAVE DETERMINED THE CAR IS IN AN UNCONTROLLED SKID OR A 360 DEGREE SPIN.
OH YEA, THE BUTTON THAT TURNS YOUR CRUISE CONTROL OFF, WE FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU WE RECONFIGURED IT SO IT DOESN'T WORK ANYTHING LIKE IT USED TO. YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO READ THE MANUAL WHILE YOUR VEHICLE IS SPINNING IN CIRCLES DOWN THE FREE WAY.
My father flew the Boeing B-29 off of Tinian Island during WW2. Thirty-five combat missions over the empire. He is now 101 and can tell you about every mission. We grew up appreciating Boeing as a life saver. Now I think it is really, really broken and they need to do more that promise to get the MAX 8 flying again. They need to time out and step back to figure out how, at a personal level, how some catastrophic decisions at the magnet level wrested away enough control to light off this uber -catastrophic chain of events