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

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Originally Posted by tubby linton

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-denies-pilot-messaging-chat-shows-prior-knowledge-of-737-max-flight-control-problem/?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true Boeing are denying the interpretation of the social media post .This reminds me of the VW controversy and they would be a lot better just admitting the problem and paying the fines, though some employees may end up going to prison.
Blustering is only going to cause more long term problems for the company.

It's probably past time for Boeing's lawyers to tell it to stop making public statements like this. Every single word is going to be recycled in court cases and investigations of all sorts, all over the world. And every one of those words is going to be compared to all the others and tested for consistency and accuracy.

Of course, there's also enormous pressure to try to convince the world that things aren't as bad as they may seem. There may be no way to do one without imperiling the other.

Edit: That simulator problem being blamed . . .

Boeing said the erratic behavior in 2016 of the new flight control system in the simulator — Forkner in the chat with another pilot described the flight control system called MCAS as “running rampant in the sim” and causing the plane to move without pilot input by “trimming itself like craxy [sic]” — wasn’t a result of the flawed system design, but instead an issue with the simulator software.

“The simulator software used during the Nov. 15 session was still undergoing testing and qualification and had not been finalized,” Boeing stated.

. . . is with the e-cab that the MAX chief was claiming could enable delivery of aircraft without test flights, if not for those annoying certification requirements.