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This shit is why I'll always be sweating through my clothes for CAT III no minimums landings
(Written on 18/12/2018)(Permalink)
even at the time we all wondered what on earth muilenberg thought he could accomplish with his little shindig, and it all turned out exactly how we thought it would
(Written on 04/12/2018)(Permalink)
Well, keep in mind that the largest fine ever levied by the FAA in its history, was against Southwest in the last 2 years relating to its shoddy maintenance paperwork. So unfortunately they have a history in this aspect, and it's hardly because they're safety minded -- more because they know they're already under a suspect eye from the FAA.
(Written on 27/11/2018)(Permalink)
tl;dr is that the minimal ground-engine clearance necessitated mounting the engines even further forward of the wings, causing center of gravity problems in flight tests, which in turn led to the unpublished MCAS system. Yet another problem precipitated by the shortsighted decision to do a MAX rather than a cleansheet narrowbody a decade ago. That really was a massive strategic blunder on Boeing's part. (Not nearly on the level of the A380 strategic blunder, but it definitely makes the field a lot more balanced, competitively speaking, compared to if Boeing had simply replaced the outdated 737 architecture 10 years ago.)
(Written on 24/11/2018)(Permalink)
But it makes corporate and state surveillance so much easier
(Written on 16/11/2018)(Permalink)
Chesley_Sullenberger, for example, specifically said that the Airbus computers prevented him from properly flaring the ditching of US1549. Surely, if it was possible to truly hand fly the aircraft, that would have been the time to do it.
(Written on 13/11/2018)(Permalink)
Did you not read the article? Actual line pilots specifically said this wasn't in the conversion training.
(Written on 13/11/2018)(Permalink)
Oddly I haven't seen an avherald report for this yet
(Written on 12/11/2018)(Permalink)
It only took sixty years, but indeed the program has finally come full circle.
(Written on 20/08/2018)(Permalink)
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