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Old 03-26-2019, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Itsajob View Post
Politicians are mostly interested in the public pat on the back and are always campaigning. Taking care of something that needs to be done is secondary.

I read an article that said that a FAA data base showed that there were at least two pitch anomalies reported by US carriers. The crews kicked the autopilot off and just flew the plane. It will be interesting when the final reports come out. Were these crashes completely avoidable with better trained crews, or were they handed an unrecoverable situation close to the ground?
Two reports. One incident. (Two pilots)
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Old 04-02-2019, 01:45 PM
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I just read an article saying that it’s probably going to be another six weeks until there’s some sort of fix for Guppious Maximus.
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There will never be a fix for TheCrap7. There will be bandaids, salves, balms, aromatherapy, reflexology, training bulletins, iPad training modules, prayer-beads, chants, paint-jobs, rebranding, obfuscation, misdirection, fake news, propaganda, ointments, strains of exotic reefer, cheap park bench wine, etc. But it will forever be the worst Boeing going.

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Old 04-02-2019, 06:32 PM
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/02/sena...g-737-max.html
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Old 04-02-2019, 08:44 PM
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CAL and then UAL has been WAY too stuck on the Boeing teet since the ‘not if it was Gordon’ #METOO days. Why we were told we should take pride in being the launch for the POS Transformer MAX 10 is beyond me. Don’t crud on Southwest too much cause CAL/UAL deserves tons of blame for demands on the overdone guppy.
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Old 04-03-2019, 05:12 AM
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/ethiop...y-instructions

The Ethiopian 302 Pilots disconnected the horizontal stabilizer trim, then turned it on again before the crash occurred. The article doesn’t specifically say if they tried to activate the trim
using the manual trim wheel.

There are many misleading articles and headlines that do not say the pilots turned the stabilizer trim back on. The Wall Street Journal is the only other publication I’ve seen than states they turned it back on.


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Old 04-03-2019, 05:46 AM
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To GravellyPointer’s comment. there are early reports today from Reuters that infer that the flight crew disabled stab trim, but that it reactivated in its own four times. How would that happen?

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/boe...-before-crash/


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Originally Posted by HouseOfPAE View Post
To GravellyPointer’s comment. there are early reports today from Reuters that infer that the flight crew disabled stab trim, but that it reactivated in its own four times. How would that happen?

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/boe...-before-crash/


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Because it says they turned it back on
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Originally Posted by Larry in TN View Post
Maybe I'm misinterpreting what you're writing.

Both of your descriptions have given me the impression that you're saying that the aircraft accelerates when the autobrakes are released. i.e. "slingshot effect" and "lurches forward". My understanding of the physics is that the deceleration rate is significantly reduced but deceleration continues at a (much) lower rate.

In any case, I also dislike techniques which produce anything other than a smooth deceleration and autobrake disengagement.


"Bumping" works on the 757/767. On the 737 you have to stow the speed brakes in order to release the autobrakes.
You are right. It appears he does not understand.
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Originally Posted by intrepidcv11 View Post
CAL and then UAL has been WAY too stuck on the Boeing teet since the ‘not if it was Gordon’ #METOO days. Why we were told we should take pride in being the launch for the POS Transformer MAX 10 is beyond me. Don’t crud on Southwest too much cause CAL/UAL deserves tons of blame for demands on the overdone guppy.
But wait.... as I remember it, the original CAL was the launch customer for the 737NG back in the 90's and was well on the way to updating/standardizing the cockpit to the 767/757 standards at the times with screens. When CAL ran into problems, SWA stepped in and took over as launch customer but required that the cockpit have backwards compatibility with it's older 737's and hence we are where we are.
All that said, it seems that if Boeing had stopped at the 737NG and instead focused on a whole new design they'd be in a much more competitive position now. But who knew 12 years ago that the us airlines would consolidate, start making profits and be in a healthy position to place lots of orders....
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