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Airbus exec: Boeing’s 737 Max grounding benefits no one
DUBAI — Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer forcefully rejected the notion that his company is benefiting from the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max fleet while speaking to CNBC during the Dubai Air Show. “I really need to correct that cultural belief. This does not benefit anyone in this industry, the least of which would be Airbus,” Scherer told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble on Sunday. (www.cnbc.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Might benefit those passengers who favor arriving at their destination. Alive.
It benefits who knows how many passengers that could've potentially be killed, but yeah, other than that, the grounding benefits no one, moron.
You cant benefit from something that isn't a available to you. That, and you missed his point entirely. Let's keep the unnecessary hyperbole out of conversation here. And name calling only diminishes anynpoint you make.
Likely after effects of the 737 MAX grounding: more vigilant regulation and tighter certification standards for new or substantially modified aircraft. EASA won’t take FAA’s word on faith, and vice versa, neither will allow the self-certification authority Boeing had to do the MAX. No one wants another MAX-like mess. Renewed emphasis on safety-first is all to the good, but higher test and certification costs, in money and in time, will make it harder to close the business case for a new plane. That’s no benefit for any one manufacturer over another.
It is amazing that so little has been said about the MANY problems caused by bad software and human interface on AIRBUS aircraft. Even their own test pilots have been killed trying to figure out why the airplane was doing what it was. And it all started very early in the program at Habsheim where the whole world got to watch a brand new A320 crash into the trees. Then, there was the A310 that pilots could not get out of GA mode, QF 72, AF 447, the A400 crash at La Rinconada, Spain. Quantas Flight 72 was almost identical to the MAX MCAS incident except that it happened at altitude. They had simultaneous stall and over speed warnings. If it had been near the ground or been flown by lesser pilots, the result would have been as fatal as the Max crashes. The problem was bad software. There are many more examples but Airbus never takes a hit because Zee side stick is très moderne and nozing can go wrong.
There but for the grace of God, as they say, goes Airbus. And Airbus knows this. This is why their criticism has been nearly non-existent towards Boeing. Albeit, they have an easier platform to fix in that they A320 is all fly by wire, and computer controlled/augmented. Whereas the 737MAX is a hybrid fly by wire/legacy hydro mechanical bird.