Originally Posted by
Bend alot
AoA failure would not be my first guess on an unreliable airspeed - why is it yours?
I would first expect a pitot issue and then move from there.
As a + 30 year LAME
#1 - is the pitot cover on or melted parts of one evident.
#2 - is there a pitot blockage or leakage.
#3 - is there a static blockage.
#4 is not a AoA failure.
I think you misunderstood me. Somebody was saying:"just fly slightly faster than the stall speed and everything will be okay". I wanted him to answer where he would get a reliable source for airspeed from, with an AOA failure (and I think most of us agree the two crashed MAXes had AOA issues), at no point did I suggest AOA failure is more or less likely than a pitot issue. On the aircraft I fly I have seen min clean as low as 180 and as high as 245 depending on weight, pretty hard to guess the stall speed accurately enough.