Originally Posted by
Vilters
Hello, good morning, good afternoon, and HOW STUPID are they actually? ? ? In a simm??
That is like test flying or test firing where all tests are always done in optimal conditions. => The "accidental" hardware failures can never be simulated.
I remember a brand new Air to air missile. => 100 test firings gave 98% successful launches. WHAW, what a GREAT result.
In operations and almost ALL failed. => When the missiles had a few flights behind it, the wingtip vibrations and "G" forces had broken the missiles internally in multiple ways.
Back to BASICS => You can NEVER solve a HARDWARE issue with a SOFTWARE update.
From the article:
"...one APA pilot and one pilot from American’s management team would test the software fix in Renton, Washington, where Boeing builds the MAX and has two simulators."
Those would be Boeings engineering sims (I've been in them). There is a vast difference between them and the average Level D crew training simulator. Completely different equipment for completely different purposes.