Originally Posted by
Maisk Rotum
Here we go again. For those that haven't flown the 737 there are two switches to turn off if the stab moves in an unintended way. They are turned off as a 'Memory Item'. The Lion crew never turned them off and the Ethiopian crew turned them off after the aircraft was so out of trim it was impossible to fly and then turned them back on again!!! Boeing is not entirely to blame for these two accidents but is certainly not blameless.
Sigh… you clearly have no idea about airworthiness. Although I would agree that Boeing is not the only party at fault. The FAA also failed as the regulator to ensure that this aircraft type was airworthy. That’s their job, it’s why they issue a certificate.
It’s one thing doing memory items in a simulator, when you are expecting things to go wrong, but it’s quite different in the actual aircraft. If you have had a serious system failure for real then you will know what I am talking about. A failure situation that starts off with a stick shacker, altitude and speed disagreements with master cautions, does not immediately shout out trim failure, unless of course, you’ve seen it in the simulator before hand, along with what will happens to the aircraft if you don’t catch it in time and how you might dig yourself out of that hole.
A critical component of the flight control system that can quickly trim the aircraft full nose down, taking its input from only one sensor?? Seriously mate, have a word with yourself. As far as I’m concerned, Boeings once incredible reputation for safety and reliability will never be the same again, especially with the amount of BS they have spouted since the accidents.
As for the FAA, they should have led the groundings of this Frankenstein aircraft. Instead it was the Chinese CAAC, then even when almost every other civil aviation authority had grounded them, the FAA were still kissing Boeings backside.
in most accidents there is usually something the pilots could have done to avert the disaster, yet fortunately we have come a long way from just simply blaming the aircrew. Instead, quite rightly, we look at the system as a whole, including the design, certification, regulation, training and operation of the aircraft. There is no blame here that can or should be directed at the pilots.