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.
The Chief Test Pilot for the Max is the crucial witness.
Edmund
We fully expect the actual Test Pilots to maintain radio silence, but have ANY statements or comment attributed to them found their way into the public domain?