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Forum: Rumours & News
6th May 2019, 11:31
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

This is the sound of low level engineers being...

This is the sound of low level engineers being thrown under the wheels of the bus.

The question should be asked; in a safety first company how come the leadership didn't hear? There should have...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2019, 16:41
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

this for me is THE best post on this entire...

this for me is THE best post on this entire thread

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Forum: Rumours & News
30th Apr 2019, 08:54
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

Boeing know full well the future of the company...

Boeing know full well the future of the company is on the line here, and one mis-spoken phrase could be the nail in the coffin. This is a can of worms with more to come, that's why B is scared.
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Apr 2019, 09:33
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

I'm still trying to get my head around how a...

I'm still trying to get my head around how a certification fail of how the yoke feels, somehow led to a bodged computer controlling flight surfaces? Why not introduce a feel system to the yoke to...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2019, 10:47
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

[/left] Boeing had better have every single...

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Boeing had better have every single expert to hand with every schematic and line of code ready to be looked at. If the inspecting Engineers ask for clarification on X,Y and Z it could take...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2019, 07:59
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

I imagine right now that Boeing HQ are relying on...

I imagine right now that Boeing HQ are relying on the belief, like some banks, that they are too big to fail. I'm sure they're confident their friends on Capital Hill will manage this fall from grace...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2019, 09:47
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

This seems to be "tombstone" learning.. ...

This seems to be "tombstone" learning..

LionAir didn't know about MCAS, so plain stuffed it up.

Ethiopian learnt about MCAS due Lionair, but didn't know about next to impossible trim forces and...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2019, 09:13
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

so why not have a separate cutout switch just for...

so why not have a separate cutout switch just for MCAS, keep the other two to cutout electric trim. But the new MCAS cutout switch would leave electric trim available.

I'm also unclear since the...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Apr 2019, 08:48
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

so will the software fix, and slightly updated...

so will the software fix, and slightly updated training, be enough to get the MAX back into revenue service?

I predict after ET not. It's apparent even with MCAS turned off, the cockpit does not...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2019, 12:03
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

Two crashes bad. Third crash - jail time for all...

Two crashes bad. Third crash - jail time for all involved. And I would mean top to bottom at Boeing and the FAA.

So lemme see. Boeing rushed some software in in a rush, in a couple of years due to...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2019, 10:02
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

I've just done a search on pprune for MCAS and...

I've just done a search on pprune for MCAS and the first mention of the phrase at all was December 2018 when news of the Lion Air crash investigation got out. So for a group of several thousand...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2019, 10:14
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

EASA ahead of the curve

March 2018, EASA already concerned about FBW aircraft and the algorithms contained within

In a 'Safety Emphasis Items list' first drafted in March 2018 and last revised in December, EASA notes...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2019, 19:04
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

if Norwegian have a lot of grounded MAX8s, and...

if Norwegian have a lot of grounded MAX8s, and are already short of cash, is this extended grounding their death knell? I doubt Boeing are paying any compensation on a day by day basis, it could be...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2019, 17:21
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

Ethiopian safety board

I give full respect to the Ethiopian safety board investigating this crash.

but given that the two 737max crashes raise such massive questions about aircraft manufacturing,government and trans...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2019, 10:42
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

I thought we had a no-fault culture in aerospace?...

I thought we had a no-fault culture in aerospace? So put the pilots on video and lets hear from them how their flight went. And yes that should include their thought processes when they wrote the...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2019, 10:23
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

There would be huge value in having the two...

There would be huge value in having the two pilots of the Lion Air flight prior to JT610 describe what they saw and felt and how they worked through the failures and landed safely. Also to ask them...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2019, 09:00
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

And here I was thinking a 737 was a 737 was a 737...

And here I was thinking a 737 was a 737 was a 737 was a 737 ;-)

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Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2019, 11:53
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,433,083
Posted By groundbum

usually a debris trail stretching back miles, or...

usually a debris trail stretching back miles, or absence thereof, is a huge clue to air-crash investigators. Any information yet on whether debris has been found miles from the crash site yet?

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