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The absolute worst thing is for an aircraft to refuse control input from the pilots, regardless their state of informedness. Lest we forget, we saw what happens
by Dalewyn 3y ago
The absolute worst thing is for an aircraft to refuse control input from the pilots, regardless their state of informedness. Lest we forget, we saw what happens when computers take priority over pilots thanks to 737 MAX MCAS.
- konschubert 3y agoOkay, so let’s add an override.
- alphabettsy 3y agoThat system had an override didn’t it, just wasn’t well known?
- konschubert 3y agoThen let’s make it obvious and include it in the training.
- KiwiJohnno 3y ago>Then let’s make it obvious and include it in the training. Which cuts right to the heart of the B737 MAX issue - Boeing substantially changed the design, then added sensors & software to make the changed airframe handle similarly to the old 737 airframe and claimed that this meant the pilots did not need retraining If Boeing had been upfront about MCAS, and required that pilots were trained in what it did and how to override it then the crashes probably would not have happened.
- Dylan16807 3y agoTraining or not, the system was not obvious and the override was even further from obvious.
- shiroiuma 3y agoNo, we need more than this: the system must be documented and pilots must be trained for it. If the aircraft manufacturer fails to do this, they go to prison. If it's found that hiding this information was intentional, the corporate executives and everyone else in the company who knew are publicly executed by firing squad (with them aiming at their stomachs).
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