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This wasn’t related to autopilot and they removed mention of the MCAS system from the documentation to support the main selling point of the 737 MAX, which was
by acdha 3y ago
This wasn’t related to autopilot and they removed mention of the MCAS system from the documentation to support the main selling point of the 737 MAX, which was that existing 737 pilots would be able to switch easily without recertification. They knew that they’d lose most sales to Airbus if the aircraft were compared on their merits so they were banking hard on their huge pool of certified pilots as the competitive edge.
If you listen to podcasts, these two episodes of Causality are excellent:
https://engineered.network/causality/episode-33-737-max/ https://engineered.network/causality/episode-33-737-max/
https://engineered.network/causality/episode-50-737-max-ethiopian-air/ https://engineered.network/causality/episode-50-737-max-ethi...
- bb88 3y agoYou might enjoy this. I have a pin that blinks "AOA Disagree". Back when I flew regularly before covid, I was tempted to create a bunch of these and hand them out to the flight crew for the flights I flew on.
- acdha 3y agoHa, playing hardball! I wonder whether you’d find pilots who are Boeing loyalists who’d take offense, or if those guys are even madder at the current management for letting them down.