Originally Posted by
safetypee
Rated De, #2058,
Self-regulation is only as good as its oversight.
With drift, '
assumption precession', deviance in both design and regulation, culminate in lower safety standards.
A good time to look at other things. Trim? Electric pitch trim could suffer ‘jack stall’ if similar to previous 737; what if the changes to the max adds the risk of manual ‘jack stall’, the inability to apply sufficient force via the trim wheel with large offsets - tail arm, changed mechanics, alternative cable runs,…
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Subtle language shifts …’, not forgetting misuse of language - culture, or ‘a dominant culture’?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7425e8yykg...20%2B.pdf?dl=0
And oversight is not as easy as it looks on paper. It gets reduced from technical examination to paper audits, turns engineers into clerks, and insulates the “overseers” from the technical details. Battles rage over the items to be retained by the FAA and can be beaten down by FAA management that is more sensitive to “customer” complaints.