Originally Posted by
rog747
Are there any contributors here who are 737 pilots who transitioned to the MAX?
May I ask please,
If you did, did you have any SIM, classroom, or Line training on the MAX and it's differences, or was it purely on-line modules, thus was your first flight on a ''pax on board'' flight?
Were you made fully aware of the adverse pitch up changes, and CG issues of the new MAX due to the design enforced forward location of the new larger engines (which can now cause lift) at low weights/high power applications resulting in a (unrecoverable?) high AOA? (which we now are aware, necessitated the MCAS software patch)
Were you (before the 2 fatal and 1 nearly accidents) fully informed/trained on the new MCAS systems and it's functionality, implications, and what to do if it went rogue?
Thanks.
I did my MAX transition for an operator in the ME. No sim, classroom or line training, just CBT on company iPad that was mandated to be done in the pilots time off. Completed the CBT and then flew the NG for four months before first flight in the MAX, which was also the F/O’s first flight in the MAX.
until the Lion Air crash there was no mention of MCAS and as far as I remember no mention of the change in aerodynamics due to the new engines and their installation, at least not on the CBT or in any manuals from the company I was working for. Obviously other companies could have had different training material.