Originally Posted by
silverstrata
These were not the test pilots, these were the technical pilots who were trying to write up the systems for regulators and operators. Later on, these two complain that the test pilots were not telling them anything.
It will be much more interesting to see messaging exchanges between the test pilots...
Silver
I was very determined to not say they were Test Pilots and they were testing the aircraft to make sure it was safe, a technical pilot is not a desk job.
A test pilot would fly an aircraft for testing purposes in this case at extreme and beyond envelope conditions - a Tech Pilot just within the envelope after Test Pilots have confirmed the envelope limits.
But that was in the good old days, could be Test Pilots is just a theory thing now days - because the Tech Pilots will pick it up later.
I am pretty sure there is more idle chat about MCAS from both the Test and Tech Pilots to be released.