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> nothing here is obscure Boeing chose to have the indicators that show the trim is on as a separate add on, not as a default feature (i.e. an indicator showin
by miketery 8y ago
> nothing here is obscure
Boeing chose to have the indicators that show the trim is on as a separate add on, not as a default feature (i.e. an indicator showing the trim is enabled). This is beyond unsafe, and unethical by all measures.
For a car it would be like having cruise control turn on automatically and accelerating (without telling you), and worse yet, when you brake to try to control your speed, it doesn't disable or do anything (pulling on the steering column did nothing). To disable you need to do something totally different (which is unnatural for a human).
I hope this error is costly to Boeing, and that the FAA learns from this experience. This should have never been certified.
- cjbprime 8y ago> Boeing chose to have the indicators that show the trim is on as a separate add on, not as a default feature (i.e. an indicator showing the trim is enabled). This is nonsense. The optional light was just an AoA disagree sensor. It doesn't provide any information about trim.