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On the subject of why Boeing didn't think to tell pilots about the MCAS: > "Since it operates in situations where the aircraft is under relatively high g load
by avar 8y ago
On the subject of why Boeing didn't think to tell pilots about the MCAS:
> "Since it operates in situations where the aircraft is under relatively high g load and near stall, a pilot should never see the operation of MCAS"
This seems to me to indicate a much deeper issue with the aviation industry than the 737 MAX issue. Aren't pilots as part of their simulation time testing the limits of the flight envelope of the aircraft they're flying? If so surely they'd be expected to encounter the MCAS system.
- plt11 8y agoI think Boeing claimed that no retraining of existing 737 pilots was necessary for the new model. This attitude has led to crashes in the past as well.
- alkonaut 8y agoIf airlines would need to invest in a lot of training for existing 737-non-MAX pilots, that would probably have made the plane a lot less attractive. Being "a regular 737" is part of the appeal of the 737 MAX.