Originally Posted by
GarageYears
I'm beginning to wonder if the pilot-less aircraft isn't really the answer then. Given that the folks up front apparently can't handle a real emergency, might as well not be there at all.
- GY
Not sure of what would have happened of the Lion Air and Ethiopian flights had there be no pilots on board ?
Maybe the flights might have ended sooner, so the people on board would have had less time to get bounced around before the crash ?
The "unbelievable symptoms" were discussed in great detail after the Lion Air loss, were they not? Stickshaker on one side, trim goes wonky after the flaps are retracted and the AP won't engage.... meanwhile let's leave the thrust at T/O and off we go.
Not sure of what procedure you are referring to with "Stickshaker on one side".
What would it look like ?
"In case stickshaker activation, first reach over to the other yoke to make sure only one shaker motor is running.
If so, then stickshaker alarm is spurious, ignore it and consider MCAS .
If not, then do stickshaker memory items"
Are you sure you would be able to diagnose the number of shaker motors running before running memory items ?
Really ?