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>Unfortunately, the current implementation of MCAS denies that sovereignty. It denies the pilots the ability to respond to what’s before their own eyes. >In th
by wnevets 8y ago
>Unfortunately, the current implementation of MCAS denies that sovereignty. It denies the pilots the ability to respond to what’s before their own eyes.
>In the MCAS system, the flight management computer is blind to any other evidence that it is wrong, including what the pilot sees with his own eyes and what he does when he desperately tries to pull back on the robotic control columns that are biting him, and his passengers, to death.
Wow, I had no idea the issue with the 737 Max was so nuts. I can't imagine what the pilots were going through when this was happening.
- ncmncm 8y agoWell, no robotic control columns, but the effect of silently adding uncommanded trim is the same.