737 MAX - Safe or Unsafe?
03-20-2019 | 09:33 AM
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Which is truly the root cause of the problems associated with the FrankenThirtySeven.
03-20-2019 | 07:20 PM
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What he DID say was this:
The FAA has abdicated its historic regulatory role because its budget has been gutted to such an extent that it can't afford to hire and retain experts like it once did. In lieu of it's own people, the FAA now farms all that work out to the very companies it's supposed to be regulating. And when you trust an industry to police itself, and that industry becomes so big and powerful as to affect policy, people will die.
03-21-2019 | 06:14 AM
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That Seattle Times article is the best by far I’ve read on this. If it’s somewhat accurate, those pilots faced a much tougher problem than I had imagined. I’d hope after the first crash, the instant a pitch problem reared it’s head I’d hit those cutout switches, but you never know if not in their shoes.
03-21-2019 | 06:39 AM
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Uh ... not exactly what he said.
What he DID say was this:
The FAA has abdicated its historic regulatory role because its budget has been gutted to such an extent that it can't afford to hire and retain experts like it once did. In lieu of it's own people, the FAA now farms all that work out to the very companies it's supposed to be regulating. And when you trust an industry to police itself, and that industry becomes so big and powerful as to affect policy, people will die.
What he DID say was this:
The FAA has abdicated its historic regulatory role because its budget has been gutted to such an extent that it can't afford to hire and retain experts like it once did. In lieu of it's own people, the FAA now farms all that work out to the very companies it's supposed to be regulating. And when you trust an industry to police itself, and that industry becomes so big and powerful as to affect policy, people will die.
03-21-2019 | 07:05 AM
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03-21-2019 | 07:22 AM
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Apologies to Jess for not recognizing that that was, in fact, a quote from "Airplane."
Now back to the thread. Nothing to see here!
03-21-2019 | 06:24 PM
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That Seattle Times article is the best by far I’ve read on this. If it’s somewhat accurate, those pilots faced a much tougher problem than I had imagined. I’d hope after the first crash, the instant a pitch problem reared it’s head I’d hit those cutout switches, but you never know if not in their shoes.
03-22-2019 | 06:40 AM
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$64 question
737 MAX 8/9 inflight:
In the flight deck, does the noisy stab wheel rotate?
I don't think it does, but what is the answer?
- Landing gear is up.
- Flaps are fully retracted.
- Autopilot is off
- Pilot is hand flying
- MCAS gets activated for a "PUSH-OVER". (No pickle switch use by pilot.)
- Stabilizer moves due to MCAS.
In the flight deck, does the noisy stab wheel rotate?
I don't think it does, but what is the answer?
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