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.
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.
- GY
Seriously? Your conclusion is that pilotless is better? So when the Lion Air 737Max was doing its best to kill everybody on board the day before the Lion Air crash directly caused by MCAS, what - or rather WHO - do you believe saved the day and the lives of all those souls on board?
Was it the aircraft?
Was it automation?
Was it MCAS?
Was it a computer?
Wrong, wrong, wrong and WRONG again! The automation was going beserk and was trying to kill them all. The correct answer is, it was....
...
...
a pilot!
Yes, a pilot saved everyone from the unthinking actions of an ill-conceived and very badly implemented computerised system.
Pilots 1, automated system gone wrong NIL on that occasion.
Unfortunately, MCAS equalised very soon after. And then MCAS went on to score the decider some months later, against Ethiopian. Finally, the ref has called FOUL, and has had the good sense to stop the match. But your solution is to remove the pilot? Incredible, given all the evidence!