MAX’s Return Delayed by FAA Reevaluation of 737 Safety Procedures

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Originally Posted by bill fly

How about Twinstar?

No can do. Already taken by Airbus Helicopters.

Originally Posted by walkon19

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/23.672

14 CFR 23.672 - Stability augmentation and automatic and power-operated systems

Kinda neatly explains the spin: "This MCAS, we previously told you nothing about, ıs merely a pitch feel modifier and absolutely not SAS or anti-stall device", doesn't it?

Oh, BTW, if you hang larger diameter engines a bit forward on the same old airframe, do you really expect that the pitch will be the only affected axis?

Originally Posted by LowObservable

But what's the message here?

I'd say that Loren Thompson's piece can be useful as a stark reminder how Richard Feynman was right when he gave his final verdict on STS-51-L catastrophe:

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature can not be fooled.