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Boeing’s Own Test Pilots Lacked Key Details of 737 Max Flight-Control System
- chmaynard 8y agoFrom the article: About midway through the MAX’s development, the senior [test] pilot recalls warning a Boeing executive about taking pilots out of the loop: “Something is going to get by, and it’s not going to be pretty.”
- ackfoo 8y agoTL;dr A nameless former Boeing test pilot speaking on background recalls saying something vague about the general way that test pilots were integrated into the aircraft development programs. Go WSJ! Get those clicks! No need for actual facts, dates, documents, names, or any actual evidence. Let's whip the peons up into an even greater frenzy so we can get those sweet, sweet advertising dollars. Hurrah for our post-facts world!
- ncmncm 8y agoOne doubts that they knew, either, that it could add enough trim that the pilot would not be strong enough to fly the plane. That was one of the bedrock rules of flight automation. All this happened because mgmt were trying to dodge oversight put in specifically to prevent problems like this.