Originally Posted by
edmundronald
Of relevance: Forkner was a technical pilot, his job was fly sim and write manuals and procedures.
He’s a glorified secretary with a pilot’s license.
There’s no indication he was senior in any sense, either as a pilot or as a manager.
The test pilots are the ones who saw the plane, not the sim. They know how it flies with and without MCAS,
They have company seniority and outstanding piloting skills.
The test pilots mut have understood the implications of MCAS, and could pull the emergency brake at Boeing or the FAA.
And everybody seems in a hurry to forget they exist.
Edmund
I don't understand what point you're trying to make here, Edmund. That Forkner's messages should be disregarded because he wasn't a test pilot? That the test pilots must have understood the implications of MCAS and didn't pull the emergency brake, so that means . . . what?
Certainly the test pilots are crucial witnesses, but neither the chief nor anyone else is "the" crucial witness. This mess is way too complex.
Please spell it out for us.