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Old 1st May 2019, 17:20
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Originally Posted by Avionista
737Driver and his cohorts seem intent on diverting attention towards alleged deficiencies in the airmanship of the crews of the two 737 max aircaft that crashed rather than dealing with the real villains of the piece, namely, the FAA and Boeing.
This is a hazardous attitude which is harmful to aviation safety. Pointing out that the pilot's actions were seriously deficient in no way exonerates Boeing. It is clear that Boeing's design of MCAS appears to be the primary cause of both accidents, it is unacceptable, it needs to be fixed, and it is being fixed. However you cannot fix only one deficient link in an accident chain and declare "Mission Accomplished!" like you are George W. Bush on an aircraft carrier after the first battle in the Iraq war. ALL deficiencies that contributed to the accident need to be assessed to determine if corrective action is needed. This could include the regulations that the aircraft is designed to, the oversight of the certification and change management process by the regulator, the content and method of delivery of the NG to MAX transition training, the schedule, recency, and frequency of any recurring training, the service bulletin and FCOM/QRH deployment procedures at the airline, and the maintenance and post-maintenance test procedures at the airline. (Lionair - so far there have been no indications that Ethiopian performed maintenance on the AOA or ADIRU)

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