Originally Posted by
Byros
I see a pattern in B737 MAX threads, we have lots of interesting posts by gums, Takwis, et al, those posts which question the design choices made by Boeing, are conveniently ignored and left unanswered by the
PR machine, perhaps because they have no solid arguments to counter them, then the conversation is conveniently steered to pilot error, lack of airmanship, lack of maintenance, bad airline reputation, energy rays, AF447, you name it.
All this in an attempt to deviate attention from MCAS and the flawed certification process for the B737 MAX.
A few months ago FCeng84 did provide valuable information about the MAX then he disappeared, then came 737driver with an heroic defense of the Boeing Company, and now we get external articles "crafted" in such a way as to make the dead pilots look incompetent.
Boeing & the FAA should concentrate on fixing the B737 MAX design for good, not just a software hack to mitigate the MCAS debacle, it seems EASA is the only player still exerting some sort of pressure to actually improve the safety of the MAX.
A proper fix may require lots of time, money, and a new certification process, the alternative is accepting a greater risk for loss of human lives.
The facts stand in mute testimony to the fundamental truth.
"Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things" Sir Isaac Newton
Oct 2018, splash 1st Max
Preliminary investigation,
Public acknowledgement of a new hitherto unknown (to flight crew) system incorporated.
response: follow a procedure without crew training
March 2019 plant 2nd Max.
aircraft grounded by NAA's around the world. Trump does his bit belatedly requiring the FAA to follow the overseas grounding.
Repurposing of the MCAS system disclosed.
Oct 15 2019, Max variant remains grounded...
If the problem was the crews, then training them would have resulted in RTS in short order, following intervention training. It has not. The foreign NAA's remain critical of the lapses in certification that has been revealed to date. That is not a pilot matter, that is a manufacturer design, certification and oversight issue.
As Feynman said post Challenger,
"...for nature cannot be fooled"