Originally Posted by
Journey Man
Might this, at the very least, get both sides to accept they receive government assistances in various forms and put an end to the WTO dispute back-and-forth?
My conclusions have been similar to yours. I wonder how much the long haul narrowbody fight played into this. Boeing were faced with the Morton’s Fork of designing a clean sheet aircraft with competitive range, and sitting out of the most profitable category for the best part of a decade, or re-engine the 737 with manoeuvre differences which would make the Max less competitive in terms of fleet integration and training costs. So they bodged it with the MCAS system.
With the triple AoA sensor as standard, and a simulator differences training requirement, is the Max unsafe? Not with those two requirements - which would have made the aircraft non-financially competitive against the A32X Neo. So they bodged it with the FAA’s consent.
Come along good Sir; the 3rd AoA and differences Sim and some line training is nickel and dime.. the inertia of the type is maintained. What is more apparent is the hubristic approach to the continued stretching and tweaking of the MAX8 & MAX10 They just drank too much of their KoolAid
Like BP Gulf of Mexico, they just kept milking and milking, with poorer and poorer management and design teams until the back broke. Simple ****e management