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"Southwest Airlines Co., the largest 737 Max customer, said in a statement before Boeing’s announcement that it was confident that computer-based training would
by chmaynard 7y ago
"Southwest Airlines Co., the largest 737 Max customer, said in a statement before Boeing’s announcement that it was confident that computer-based training would have been sufficient to supplement its existing training program."
Translation: Safety is not our highest priority. It's up there, but profitability is higher.
- ralph84 7y agoFor any airline sim time is a finite resource. They have to choose what to focus on. They can't have every pilot experience every possible failure in the sim.
- jnwatson 7y agoCan’t tell if serious... That’s exactly what I would hope pilots experience.
- ralph84 7y agoSure pilots experience failures in the sim. The point is they can't experience every possible failure scenario or they'd never get out of the sim. Southwest has had three fatalities in 48 years of operation, and in only one of those was pilot error a contributing factor, so saying their pilot training prioritizes profits over safety is unfounded snark.
- hurricanetc 7y agoIt really isn’t an issue that requires hours in a simulator.
- tastygreenapple 7y agoI would fly on a southwest 737 MAX as-is tomorrow. Southwest has really good pilots, for awhile they primarily hired ex-military pilot and I think they still have a preference for ex-military pilots. I don't think the MCAS system is a danger on a plane piloted by ex-military.
- chmaynard 7y agoSouthwest management has a history of making gratuitous statements. For example, in March 2019 before the 737 MAX was grounded: "Because MCAS is only designed to operate in rare conditions while pilots are manually flying, pilots should never see the system in operation."