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FAA requires Boeing 777 operators to inspect pitch rate sensors
A new airworthiness directive issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration requires Boeing 777 operators to inspect and potentially replace the aircraft's dual pitch rate sensors (PRS). The directive, which applies to 777-200LRs, -300s, -300ERs and 777 freighters, comes in response to reports received by the agency of dual failures of the sensors. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Read the tail end of the article
Yes, I was referring to the article. The airworthiness directive is about PRS failures that cause autopilot disconnect. How is that related to Asiana 214? Additionally, the AD doesn't even affect 200ERs. Poorly written article IMHO.
About the last paragraph and some is devoted to the 214 dummies, laying that off as a possible cause. Anybody with any Boeing time at all has known about that and the various modes. Those so called pilots are just grasping at straws and by doing this, the FAA just opens up a lawsuit patch to Boeing when none was there. The AD does not mandate replacement, just inspection and replace if necessary. Bunch of BS as these are items of regular inspection anyway.
It's kinda like the knee jerk 1500 hour rule after the Colgan crash, if it hadn't been for the crash, it wouldn't be there.
I guess something had to come out of the 214 crash to cover the Dummies butts that we in the pointy end of the thing and open up a channel for Boeing to get the lawsuits easier.
Apologize for my rant: Damn coffee maker stopped working :-(