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

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RE cockpit management- many many years ago (1980-82 ) I spent many hours over a year riding on bus with an employee- engineer who was directly involved in the cockpit displays for the 767 re a two person cockpit. he had spent several years in Airforce flying F-111 - he was adamant that the displays and cockpit should be " quiet" that is absolute minimum to NO flashing lights and bells UNLESS something significant needing attention.

He had also spent a few hours in the F-111 in what was called TFM terrain following mode - low level high speed - almost completely controlled by computer and radar ( a sophisticated OTTO )

So in 30 years or so- we havent been able to control HAL ??

from wiki

The A-model's Mark I avionics suite included the General Electric AN/APQ-113 attack radar mated to a separate Texas Instruments AN/APQ-110 terrain-following radar lower in the nose and a Litton AJQ-20 inertial navigation and nav/attack system. The terrain-following radar (TFR) was integrated into the automatic flight control system, allowing for "hands-off" flight at high speeds and low levels (down to 200 ft).[87]

And early on two or three were lost due to issues with . . .. horiz stabilizer

And wing problems-cracks were dude to untempered martensite from drilling holes in wingbox at too high speed plus the use of a certain type of Tool Steel .

AS a result - the B1 wingbox was made of titanium- and EXTREME care-requiremets were imposed on hole drilling for regular bolts and specialized taper- loks

wuz there