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Old 31st Mar 2019, 11:23
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KRUSTY 34
 
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Originally Posted by GlobalNav
Band-aid on a band-aid - that's the Boeing design philosophy of the Max. The AoA display makes little, if any, safety contribution to the flight deck (procedure wise) and the AOA disagree light even less. What is a pilot supposed to do when the AoA disagree light illuminates? Hit the trim switches? I wonder how often that light will illuminate, anyway. Probably often enough to get ignored.
I wonder if the whiz kids who design the interface, and the heads of their departments, ever thought it might be a good idea to at least get some input from those who actually fly the thing?

Nah, pilots! What would they know?
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