Originally Posted by
Tomaski
It is entirely possible to believe the following things simultaneously:
1. Boeing really, really screwed up the MAX design process.
2. The FAA really, really dropped the ball when it came to oversight, and other authorities were too prone to trust.
3. The maintenance process at Lion Air had some glaring deficiencies.
4. The current training regime present at many airlines does not properly equip pilots to deal with problems.
I think it would be a shame not to address each of these.
LowObservable.
You forget that number 3. is also widespread in smaller airlines and some third world airlines. That is why most aircraft have multiple redundancies, and don’t have safety-critical systems running from just one sensor.
And then along came the Max.
Which brings us back to point 1.......
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