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U.S. pilots flying 737 MAX weren’t told about new automatic systems change linked to Lion Air crash
Pilots for two U.S. airlines flying Boeing's 737 MAX weren't trained about a key change to an automatic system that's been linked to the fatal crash of a Lion Air jet last month, according to pilot representatives at both airlines. (www.seattletimes.com) Más...I say the flight crews must always be able to hand fly the airplane.. turn off automation and fly the plane.. and if Boeing failed to disclose, train about a new AOA sys.. whew... look out..
We live in an age of fly-by-wire. Control sticks and yokes are no more of a flight control than the mouse on your computer.
There is no such thing as "hand flying" any more. The question is where the software and hardware engineers separated out functionality cleanly enough that pieces (like the angle of attack sensing) can be separately and reliably disabled.
This is more expensive in design, coding and testing.
There is no such thing as "hand flying" any more. The question is where the software and hardware engineers separated out functionality cleanly enough that pieces (like the angle of attack sensing) can be separately and reliably disabled.
This is more expensive in design, coding and testing.
You said it brother. This one is going to be very interesting to follow I think.
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Chesley_Sullenberger, for example, specifically said that the Airbus computers prevented him from properly flaring the ditching of US1549. Surely, if it was possible to truly hand fly the aircraft, that would have been the time to do it.
back at it again....and to whom are you addressing as nonpilots! "it's part of learning about them" that is not aviation language! your statement adds o to this blog. Just for the record why don't you enlighten us to your vast experience in AVIATION....
Boeing kept airlines and pilots in the dark about an automated background trim system on the 737 MAX that may be implicated in the first crash of the new model in Indonesia last month. The trim system, which is meant to improve pitch characteristics and stall protection, wasn t even described in any of the documentation provided to pilots on the new aircraft.