Originally Posted by
Less Hair
Opening a can of worms will lead to nothing.
Exactly. It might lead to nothing where Boeing used to be.
Originally Posted by
Less Hair
If future grandfathering should be abandoned by the authorities let manufactures know about well in advance for the next types and programs.
The grandfathering itself is not problematic; issue is whether it was applied properly and legally. While a
rose by
any other name would smell as
sweet, labeling the gizmos as speed-something or augmentation-something-else instead of stability augmentation system/stall prevention system might avoid: 1) the issues whether their application is proper in grandfatherly certified design 2) the requirement to demonstrate reliability and overridability required of SAS/SPS.
Originally Posted by
Googlebug
Once all this is resolved the Max might be one one of the safest planes on the planet.
Indeed, it might never get involved in an accident again.
Originally Posted by
catch21
So the FAA decided this after the October accident... and then waited for three days after the second accident before grounding the plane. Something sure doesn't add up here yet
It actually adds up if you consider the possibility that it was never an official policy, just that some specialists made the risk assessment which got rejected by their superiors.