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Old 14th Jan 2020, 06:27
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Originally Posted by tdracer
- is a classic case of missing the forest for the trees. The very sort of thing that caused the FAA to miss the consequence of MCAS while going over other systems (that have never resulted in a catastrophic accident) with a fine tooth comb (and yes, I have first hand knowledge of that last part).
Sorry to pick a bone with you td, always appreciate your insights into the engineering side. But for the MCAS, the FAA were totally unaware of the low speed functionality of the system, only the high speed as originally implemented, as I understand it.
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