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"Senior company leadership was not involved in the review and first became aware of this issue in the aftermath of the Lion Air accident." i.e. the buck stops
by aaronbrethorst 7y ago
"Senior company leadership was not involved in the review and first became aware of this issue in the aftermath of the Lion Air accident."
i.e. the buck stops somewhere else!
- pauljurczak 7y agoScapegoating begins...
- raverbashing 7y agoAnd the damning thing was that they still thought it was ok to keep it absent There are a couple of reasons why "the existing functionality was acceptable" is a poor excuse: - It was present on early models (it was not an optional feature) - Its triggering indicate to the pilots that something is amiss. Especially after the 1st accident there should have been an association "AOA problems -> potential MCAS problems"
- seren 7y agoIt is possible to not be in a review or aware and still be responsible if you instill a culture of fear and instruct your team that the plane should keep flying whatever the means. I don't have any information whatsoever to say it happened at Boeing, but saying you were not aware is sometimes not enough.