Originally Posted by
Sunfish
Tdracer, Sir, I note your address. In the past I have had the utmost respect for Boeing as an engineering employee of an Airline. We were the international launch customer for the B767 and I watched the first prototype built from the time that most of the avionics, fadec, etc. were black painted blocks of timber.
The Boeing employees, engineers and managers i worked with were honest to a fault and had a certain humility as well that made them a joy to deal with. I met with them at least once a year for six years. Either at Everett, Renton or elsewhere on the coast.
You may not know that Geoff Thomas is a know nothing flack for hire in Australia.The opinions attributed to him are beyond his competence to construct - they were placed in his mouth by somebody who paid him to say them.
You should also know that the management of Boeing, and it’s current technical ethics are utterly alien compared to the fine men I worked with. Experienced pilots have already given Boeing’s design of the max’s control system MCAS the thumbs down as has the FAA. Geoff Thomas counts for nothing.
Boeing is now engaged in putting lipstick on a pig, but worse is yet to come as knowledgeable customers ask:”what ELSE has Boeing kludged with the b787 and B777?”
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Sunfish, I'm fully aware of who Geoff Thomas is - he shows up on the tube here with some regularity, and the one thing we agree on is that he's a self-important flack.
Most of the rest of your post is pure speculation. Why would Boeing throw good money after bad to pay GT to say things that they'd already acknowledge as untrue?
I've talked to people who worked on the MAX, and the problems all trace back to two things:
1) Pilot reaction time to a trim issue was assumed to be 4 seconds - Boeing has now acknowledged that was too optimistic and 15 seconds is being used going forward.
2) Lack of required training - I've talked to test pilots who flew the MAX and they all agreed sim training was needed, but they were overruled by the Chief Test Pilot.