Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Were the 737Max issues pilot induced? Didn't we have similar incidents on U.S. carriers that were a non event because the pilots flipped the trim switch disconnect (or the Lion Air incident)?
While the 737MAXs had some seriously flawed human factors assumptions built in to MCAS, I agree the two crashes should have been avoidable. But that’s my point. It was an incorrect response by HUMAN pilots to a malfunction of one system. Boeing has a prescribed response to the failure these aircraft experienced. And prescribed responses are something computers can do with much better accuracy than humans.
To have such hubris that US pilots are immune from such mistakes invites disaster. We all mistakes. Every flight. Every day. CRM and TEM trap most mistakes but it only takes a few holes to line up to have an accident.
Originally Posted by
JoePatroni
How do you think the robot would have done flying Sully’s plane?
How do you think Sully would have done if it had been solid IMC?