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Or, you know, train the pilots. Boeing is trying to get the blame off their backs. It can go to the airlines now.
by lallysingh 8y ago
Or, you know, train the pilots. Boeing is trying to get the blame off their backs. It can go to the airlines now.
- Someone1234 8y agoMCAS wasn't in the training materials provided to airlines. Even some US pilots have complained that they had no knowledge of it before the Lion Air crash.
- lallysingh 8y agoI didn't know that the materials weren't provided. How do they add a new system and not provide training materials?!?!
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- danso 8y agoBecause part of the advertised appeal of the MAX was that it would not require new training, despite a different aerodynamic profile: > Since MCAS was supposed to activate only in extreme circumstances far outside the normal flight envelope, Boeing decided that 737 pilots needed no extra training on the system — and indeed that they didn’t even need to know about it. It was not mentioned in their flight manuals. > That stance allowed the new jet to earn a common “type rating” with existing 737 models, allowing airlines to minimize training of pilots moving to the MAX. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/failed-certification-faa-missed-safety-issues-in-the-737-max-system-implicated-in-the-lion-air-crash/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faile...
- ajnin 8y agoThe whole point of that system is that it would alter the plane controls so that it behaves the same as the older models, so that pilots wouldn't need to be retrained. It was one of the main selling points of that aircraft.