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FAA chief tells Congress 737 manuals should have mentioned MCAS
Lawmakers grilled the head of the Federal Aviation Administration on 15 May, hammering acting administrator Dan Elwell with questions about the FAA’s certification and oversight of both Boeing and the troubled 737 Max. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I read on BBC news today that MCAS can be switched off. So I can’t understand, if that was the cause of the two crashes, why the aircraft is still grounded!
Because increasing/decreasing thrust can cause the plane to pitch significantly and makes hand flying more difficult.
Sorry Vector4traffic but, weren’t the pilots endeavouring to control the plane by hand, but, the MCAS was over-riding their actions?
You misunderstand, with MACS OFF ".... increasing/decreasing thrust can cause the plane to pitch significantly and makes hand flying more difficult."
Are you not aware of why MCAS was created?
Are you not aware of why MCAS was created?
Again, wasn’t MCAS, the the pilots were unaware of, was misreading the situation and forcing the plane to do actions that were not safe?
Boeing says follow the checklist but until you conclude it's stabilizer trim rather than hydraulic or jack-screw or whatever you have a bunch of lists to go thru as the plane pitches every 10 seconds. If you paid for "insider" training Boeing changed any potential trim issue to a MEMORY ITEM. Nice try Johnny.
I repeat.....according to reports Boeing did not include MCAS in their aircraft manual thus the pilots were not only unaware of the equipment, but, were also fighting against an unknown force.......or are all the reports wrong?
I've been telling you this for last 2 weeks.
Can’t see how you have been telling ME this for two weeks as I only got the original email listing the story today and thus I have only been commenting on it for the past twelve hours! But, don’t worry about it as it is ONLY a comment and thus, along with all the other comments, will have absolutely no effect on whatever takes place!
Look, i'm not gay so you're wasting your time.