Originally Posted by
WillowRun 6-3
Regardless, the process of reconfiguring the certification process, not to mention resolving the grounding, demands a comprehensive disclosure.
Absolutely.
I would offer one more observation: if any functional exculpatory narrative that would moot the disclosed emails existed, Boeing would surely have either made a huge public case around it, or counsel would not have seen the need to disclose the messages in the first place.
IOW, the fact that they disclosed them, and quickly came out in support of sim training, says it all: the concerns expressed in the messages are valid, and have not been adequately dealt with so far. Hell, the CEO lost his job over this.
And what about the dead-stick zone on rotation mentioned in the messages? Seems to me to be related to the need for MCAS and maybe issues with the pitch flutter on flaps retraction: too much power too far forward for the old bird.