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Old 30th Oct 2019, 02:21
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Australopithecus
 
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Originally Posted by hans brinker
Thanks.
Yes, definitely agree that B idea of crew alerting needs work. Cannot switch off the Stick shaker even after positively identifying the problem, tiny little AOA disagree in the corner of the display. It might have been okay in 1967, but it is not today, and when they put the big screens in the NG it should have been required to change the overhead as well, and install some sort of EICAS. Every other B product of that era is vastly superior as far as cockpit design is concerned. They put out the new B757/767/777 around the same time. The biggest one: the B747-400. Same type rating as the -300 and look at the cockpit:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-di...Boeing-747-400 (look at the overhead panel!!). There is no justification, and when "designing" the MAX the FAA should have stepped in and said no.
Having said that, and having read the Lion Air report, there is plenty of butter to pass around. It took the FO 4 minutes to find the MEMORY ITEMS IN THE QRH (!!!), while talking to ATC about headings and altitudes. Training & checking (because I don't believe it is just a training issue) needs to improve big time.
Daar ben ik het volledig mee eens

or: I agree wholeheartedly.
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