MrFedEx
Engorged Member
I think it's pretty scary that the CEO of Boeing calls Trump the day before the US and Canada grounded the plane, asking Trump not to do it. I'd personally like to see an FAA that is truly independent, and a president not so cozy with big business interests.
To his credit, Trump eventually did the right thing when they discovered the stabilizer jackscrew issue and the satellite data showing a very similar flight path with the Lion Air plane.
Nobody is mentioning the fact that the Ethiopian FO had 200 hours TOTAL time. That's total time, not time in type. That's also a big problem. Somebody that inexperienced should be towing banners with a Cessna, not flying a commercial aircraft. The Captain had adequate time (8,000 hours) but how can any airline be "safe" when they stick an incredibly inexperienced person in the cockpit of a very complex aircraft?
Boeing builds incredible planes, and I think the 737 MAX 8 and 9 will eventually be mostly cleared. It's pretty clear they need to modify the MCAS software so that it is easier to disconnect and/or have at least two sources for angle of attack readings instead of one.
It's very sad that so many people had to perish to get it all figured out. I think these 2 crashes will get a lot of people thinking twice about autonomous vehicles and AI taking the place of so many human functions.
To his credit, Trump eventually did the right thing when they discovered the stabilizer jackscrew issue and the satellite data showing a very similar flight path with the Lion Air plane.
Nobody is mentioning the fact that the Ethiopian FO had 200 hours TOTAL time. That's total time, not time in type. That's also a big problem. Somebody that inexperienced should be towing banners with a Cessna, not flying a commercial aircraft. The Captain had adequate time (8,000 hours) but how can any airline be "safe" when they stick an incredibly inexperienced person in the cockpit of a very complex aircraft?
Boeing builds incredible planes, and I think the 737 MAX 8 and 9 will eventually be mostly cleared. It's pretty clear they need to modify the MCAS software so that it is easier to disconnect and/or have at least two sources for angle of attack readings instead of one.
It's very sad that so many people had to perish to get it all figured out. I think these 2 crashes will get a lot of people thinking twice about autonomous vehicles and AI taking the place of so many human functions.