Posted on 12/11/2019 2:52:33 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
A government analysis after the first Boeing 737 MAX crash last fall found the jets were at a significant risk for future crashes, but the agency did not ground the planes until after a second crash.
Those two crashes killed 346 people.
A Federal Aviation Administration analysis document predicted there would be more than 15 additional fatal crashes of the MAX over its lifetime, and was made public Wednesday at a House Transportation Committee hearing. Administrator Stephen Dickson said that based on that document and "what I know today," he would have acted to ground the plane had he been administrator at the time.
Dickson defended the agency's decision making, which he said is "data driven." He took office in August, long after the analysis and grounding decisions were made.
"With all due respect, any indication that any level of accidents are acceptable is not reflective of the 45,000 dedicated professionals at the FAA," he said.
One of the whistleblowers, Ed Pierson, is a former Boeing employee who worked on the 737 MAX program and raised concerns about internal pressure at Boeing...
Dickson, the FAA administrator, said in an interview on CNBC prior to his testimony that he expects the grounding of the plane to "extend into 2020." Regulators have at least 10 additional steps to complete before the 737 Max can fly again, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I don’t know if I will ever feel comfortable flying on that airplane, assuming it eventually flies again.
“Not Software Issues”
That is the biggest pile of BS every spoken.
I am not saying that it was all software, But come on. The software was at 1st grade level in its complexity. It is not entirely the programmers fault(Except that they should have refused to accept the specifications). But more about who came up with the software specifications.
The software was far too aggressive in trim adjustment.
The software did not limit its max trim adjustment.
The software did not disengage to allow the pilot full manual control.
The software did not look at enough various types of sensors in order to determine sensor faults.
The software made no determination that the plane was far too close to the ground to attempt to tip the nose down. That such an action had a 100% chance of crashing the plane.
The list goes on.
Peter Strozk wrote the code for the 737 Max.
Does Horowitz’s moonlight for FAA?
Watching episodes of “Why Planes Crash” who the hell would want to fly on Boeings flying coffins? Back in the 70’s and 80’s I had to fly a lot for my job. Lot’s of early model 737’s. No problems. Not anymore.
The question is starting to be asked: Will the 737-MAX ever fly again?
Someone is pushing an agenda. Obviously there were serious problems with the software, or at least with the way the software was implemented.
FAA chief says Boeing 737 Max recertification process to stretch into 2020
Looks like Jim Robinson will get a nice New Year's present from me, but rest assured, the Max will fly again.
“Not Software Issues”
That’s what you get when use $9 hour H1B hires from India
You get what you pay for ………….
45,000 employees at the FAA?!?
“Sounds like these two neighboring sentences are in a bit of disagreement. “
not really; the software performed exactly how it was intended to perform, unfortunately that intent results in fatal crashes ...
“45,000 employees at the FAA?!?”
They even have an armed police force that harasses people who do things like FedEx a 2 ounce vial of hydraulic fluid (properly packaged) because the mailing-person didn’t watch a 30 minute video on how to properly package such fluid, despite the fluid being perfectly packaged in accordance with the regulations (and no incident occurred).
Specifically, a secretary in our office who when to the FedEx store, asked how to FedEx it, the FedEx people packaged it correctly, and sent it.
But the video was not watched.
They threatened said old lady secretary with 10 years in prison. We had to hire her a lawyer.
It is not that the MCAS system pushes the nose down a little bit as was certified, but it pushes the nose down a lot of bit, 10 times the expected amount, and causes a nose down dive.
Nothing more needs to be said . -Tom
Yeah especially with $9/hr Indian H1Bs coding critical embedded flight control systems
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