Originally Posted by
73qanda
A) the exercise didn’t involve MCAS and there was a simple sim fault ( no big deal for Boeing)
or
B) the exercise involved simulating an aircraft fault and MCAS came into play ( big deal for Boeing to have this exchange take place).
That’s how I read it.
Think about it. These are the technical pilots who liaise with the FAA and write the manuals, and they seem to have no idea how MCAS works. As you say, they are conflating MCAS with Speed Trim, and they think MCAS should be active at 230 kt. Later on in this exchange, they then say that the test pilots are not telling them anything - except for ‘Christine’, but even Christine is too busy to talk to them.
All of this sounds bad enough, but....
Later on, these same technical pilots then ‘forget’ to mention anything about MCAS in the manuals they were writing. How did that happen? Where did the pressure come from, for two professional technical pilots to completely miss out a safety system from the FCOM - the pilot’s manual?
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