Originally Posted by
Old Dogs
So, during the training of the Lion Air and Ethiopian crews they were never taught that an MCAS system was installed on the MAX (unlike the NG they were used to flying), how the MCAS system worked and trained in MCAS normal/abnormal use?
Can we assume all the Southwest, et al, and other American crews were trained on the MCAS system?
I ask because my buddy who flew MAX's for WestJet had no idea MCAS was installed.
Just another dumb Canadian pilot, I guess.
And one must wonder, if the problem is just dumb aircrew why is the MAX still on the ground?
Surely the fix for dumb aircrew is better training, not rebuilding the complete MCAS system?
5 MONTHS AFTER THE MCAS BULLETIN AND NOBODY REALLY UNDERSTOOD IT AT ET.
Better training might have been the answer, but many airlines chose not to do anything about it.