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The Boeing 737 Max does not appear close to flying again
Boeing's future rides on the success of the 737 Max. But all of those planes remain grounded, waiting for the world's aviation regulators to approve a software fix that will make them safer to fly. The 737 Max does not appear close to flying again. Aviation experts doubt global regulators will act in concert to approve the 737 Max for flight, because serious questions remain about how and why the FAA approved the 737 Max for flight and whether it rushed the certification process. (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I do not understand the self-certification process as reported. As manager of an engineering group in the EU, I supplied at least 1 engineer at all times to help create standards for our industry segment. Once published, we were responsible for meeting the EC standards. All product sold, and mine was mobile equipment ground based, not aircraft, needed the EC certification or Declaration of Conformity. We self certified and supplied a list of documentation. It was interesting to review competitor product and see how they might have differently interpreted an EC standard, a product of self certification.
Simple factual explanation is:
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Repugnant's = Self Regulation = Maximum Profits.
MAGA all the way... remember winning is easy!
It’s pretty much the same process at Boeing, the reporting hasn’t been exactly accurate. The difference is that it appears that the FAA rarely reviews the paperwork while I assume the EU actually does.
So they took an older plane and tried to put bigger engines on it. But the bigger engines didn't fit under the older plane so they moved them forward. So now the newer version didn't handle like the older version so they wrote some software to make it handle like the older plane so they wouldn't have to inform or retrain the pilots and get recertified as a newer plane. But the secret software relies on two little gizmos that can malfunction and cause the software to make the plane uncontrollable (unless you pay extra for the gizmo disagree light). Seems like this disingenuous behavior will cost a whole lot more than building a new plane, calling it a new plane and showing pilots how to fly it
The MAX should be finished. Redesign the entire plane, spend the money and do it right. Quit trying to piecemeal things together.
From the comments, it would appear that as delivered these planes may never fly again. Over all I am very sad to see Boeing make this big a blunder. This has got to hurt.