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Lots of people are, that doesn't mean they aren't armchair quarterbacking. I know how to fly airplanes and helicopters, does that make me an expert on the fligh
by bilbo0s 8y ago
Lots of people are, that doesn't mean they aren't armchair quarterbacking. I know how to fly airplanes and helicopters, does that make me an expert on the flight dynamics of 737 MAX?
- starpilot 8y agoAccording to Wikipedia he flew for Delta Airlines/Comair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Greenspun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Greenspun. That still doesn't mean he knows anything about writing code for flight control systems in commercial environments. Maybe he's written some toy code in MATLAB demonstrating some things, that's never undergone testing on a real airframe.
- VBprogrammer 8y agoI think it's fair to say that his knowledge of aircraft plus his knowledge of software and electrical engineering qualify him to speculate. Its quite likely he has greater knowledge of both subjects than the person who physically implemented MCAS. Sadly, no speculation is necessary. Had that change been included in MCAS the Ethiopian crash wouldn't have happened.
- tzs 8y agoAre there any airliners for which a sustained 60-70 degree angle of attack over a span of several minutes is not overwhelmingly likely due to sensor failure?