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The_Deplorable says

You seem unable to distinguish between facts from fiction. The US government requires
manufacturers to recall vehicles that have safety-related defects or do not meet Federal
safety standards. What makes you think that Boeing is an exception? No answer.

This isn't a car the general public purchases. You're comparing apples to watermelons. This isn't John Doe buying a Chevy at the dealership. You're not understanding the corporate to corporate purchase. Alaska airlines is ultimately on the hook for this. They're the ones that are going to lose business from this. Boeing has a massive backlog of orders.

As a non-mechanic I look over everything on my car before purchasing. If there was something I didn't know about I'd have a mechanic look it over asap. Then take it back to the dealer and have it fixed. Airline mechanics and techs make a ton of money for a reason. There's not one product on the planet that is engineered perfectly 100% of the time. Alaskan airlines clearly didn't look over and take care of the aircraft.

I will never fly Lion Air or Ethiopian because they didn't train their pilots on a basic system for flight controls. Blame the Boeing MCAS system all you want, it was easy to override and was trained to US pilots. I won't fly Alaskan now because the mechanics missed stuff that was obvious a part of the plane that was easy to inspect in a day. This wasn't a brand new plane delivery and first flight.

The Max has a massive fleet already. This would be happening all the time. It's not. And guess what? No one died either. Totally shit engineering.... You must be the type that doesn't check your tires, brakes, oil and then goes and bitches to the manufacturer? Alaskan didn't take care of a 9 figure asset. There's not much else to this. Again this isn't a public to corporate purchase like a car. It's corporate to corporate. Totally different animal.

WookieMan says

"I will never fly Lion Air or Ethiopian because they didn't train their pilots
on a basic system for flight controls."

Nonsense because they didn't know the plane was unstable and Boeing kept it a secret!
1. Boeing did not inform the airlines that the 737 MAX was unstable.
2. Boeing did not inform the pilots that the 737 MAX was unstable.
3. Boeing did not include this information, that the 737 MAX was unstable, in the pilot manual.

Training had nothing to do with these disasters. Lion Air and the Ethiopian planes crashed
because the planes were unstable.

Evidently, the Wright Brothers in December 1903 knew more about straight and level flight
than Boeing today.

UkraineIsTotallyFucked says

The_Deplorable says

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/congressman-sold-boeing-stock-hours-doj-probe-was-announced

Trust me: they know exactly what dumpster they dropped his body in.

Little did I know how this would age well.

Yes, that is the Enola Gay. Also built by Boeing.

The_Deplorable says

Training had nothing to do with these disasters. Lion Air and the Ethiopian planes crashed
because the planes were unstable.

Totally false. How many Southwest pilots crashed a 737 Max? United? American? Delta? They had probably 10X more delivered and flying than either of those airlines. You are talking out your ass. Foreigners were not trained on how to override the system. And it was actually a safety system.

Read more aviation material and reports. You are 100% wrong. We'd have had 737's smashing into the ground everywhere if you were right. THEY WERE TRAINED. I've already posted links on this. You have an opinion, I provided facts. I'll be on one this afternoon. I have zero worries. None. Zilch. Be a fear mongerer. I'm not that weak to soak it up from someone that knows nothing about aviation and just reads headlines. When was the last time you flew? I think I know.....

WookieMan says

Boeing missed things

Bro, the aerospace company managed by dishonest Stock-Price-Focused top management that you irrationally reflexively defend has not had a profitable year since last decade.

Last week's financial news included headlines about the company's debt being downgraded to junk.

Today's headline story is about them pondering in the news media some successful military sectors of the company in an effort to raise cash. Kind of like selling their future to raise some cash.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-19/boeing-explores-defense-asset-sales-to-boost-balance-sheet

It's a company in a death spiral.

WookieMan says

"How many Southwest pilots crashed a 737 Max? United? American? Delta?"

They were lucky because they did not have an angle of attack (AOA) sensor failure that forced
the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) to engage. And back then the
pilots did not know about the MCAS system and they didn't know the plane was unstable.
Boeing kept it a secret.

You are speaking from ignorance, give it a rest.

The_Deplorable says

You are speaking from ignorance, give it a rest.

B.A.C.A.H. says

dishonest Stock-Price-Focused top management that you irrationally reflexively defend

Deplorable, he's not rational. My inner circle includes career aerospace engineers at the company who don't irrationally-reflexively defend the nefarious stuff while blaming pilots from abroad.

His posts are not rational. It's some weird twisted Southwest Airlines Air-Travel FanBoy thing.

WookieMan says

How many Southwest pilots crashed a 737 Max?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fbi-tells-alaska-airlines-passengers-101306191.html

The_Deplorable says

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fbi-tells-alaska-airlines-passengers-101306191.html

Boeing is part of the MIC, nothing will happen to them. The US government will just bail them out.

richwicks says

Boeing is part of the MIC, nothing will happen to them. The US government will just bail them out.

Yes, bet every now and then the MIC members need a reminder to tow the line.

The_Deplorable says

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fbi-tells-alaska-airlines-passengers-101306191.html

I was talking with some pilots I know - all of them American-trained, some ex-USAF, some not - about that MCAS covfefe back when it was fresh. All pretty much agreed that it was more about weak pilot training than the MCAS itself. Any properly trained pilot would recognize the problem and swithch the fucking thing off in mere seconds, not fly into the ground after many minutes of struggling with it like these poor schmuks did.

RWSGFY says

"I was talking with some pilots I know - all of them American-trained, some
ex-USAF, some not - about that MCAS covfefe back when it was fresh. All pretty much agreed
that it was more about weak pilot training than the MCAS itself."

This was proven wrong on flight simulators right after the Indonesian and Ethiopian crashes.
The flight simulators proved that there was not enough time for any pilot regardless of
experience to get out of this deadly trap alive. Don't forget that Boeing did not inform the
airlines and the pilots about the 737 MAX instability and the presence of MCAS. That is why
Boeing was found criminally liable.

The_Deplorable says

RWSGFY says
"I was talking with some pilots I know - all of them American-trained, some
ex-USAF, some not - about that MCAS covfefe back when it was fresh. All pretty much agreed
that it was more about weak pilot training than the MCAS itself."

This was proven wrong on flight simulators right after the Indonesian and Ethiopian crashes.
The flight simulators proved that there was not enough time for any pilot regardless of
experience to get out of this deadly trap alive. Don't forget that Boeing did not inform the
airlines and the pilots about the 737 MAX instability and the presence of MCAS. That is why
Boeing was found criminally liable.

You keep saying this. I've already posted a video in the other Boeing thread. Go find it. From a commercial pilot that investigates any aviation accident. B.A.C.A.H. says

His posts are not rational. It's some weird twisted Southwest Airlines Air-Travel FanBoy thing.

Yours are far more irrational. You ask for links and info and I have 100% provided it on this topic. You guys are simply wrong. It has nothing to do with Southwest either. That's what I fly for free and is the biggest MAX customer. It's what I personally witness on pretty much a monthly basis. There are plenty of other airlines with the 737 MAX. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_737_MAX_orders_and_deliveries.

At no point has anyone explained or linked as to why an American trained pilot didn't crash the MAX. They had far more flights here than overseas airlines at the time. You can say it wasn't told to them but that's bullshit anyway you want to spin it. The airlines saw an opportunity to get money from Boeing and took it. You are TRAINED to manually fly a plane and override systems.

An American trained pilot is simply trained better regardless of the systems. They would know to shut systems down to regain control in seconds. I'll try to find the story on it. MCAS wasn't the problem. It was pilot error regardless if they knew about the system or not. Go search the other Boeing thread and watch the video I posted. You cats have posted nothing. I have a fucking FAA license. I'm an aviation junky and read want watch probably 20-60 minutes a day on it.

Talk to an actual pilot. I do every time I get on the damn plane. Sorry I can't link to my conversations. The airlines wanted money because their MAX fleet was grounded. I guess people don't understand business anymore... Jesus fucking christ. Thought you guys were smarter.

WookieMan says

At no point has anyone explained or linked as to why an American trained pilot didn't crash the MAX.

I believe in general they had redundant angle of attack sensors. The planes have slightly different configurations. Basically, the faulty sensor detected a stall condition (falsely) and dove the nose into the ground.

richwicks says

Basically, the faulty sensor detected a stall condition (falsely) and dove the nose into the ground.

Which was correctable. That's been my point. They weren't trained to hand fly a jet properly without automation. The co-pilot on Ethiopian I believe had 200 hours TOTAL flight time. Not in that class of aircraft. I don't care how many hours the captain had. You need two pilots with at least 1,000 hours each minimum before even flying a 737.

People can blame MCAS all they want. American pilots knew how to fly. They actually bitched about it even though they didn't know. The airlines wanted to take Boeing to the cleaners cash wise because of four dip shit pilots that crashed planes. This is indisputable. News media ate it up. It was a cash grab from a mistake that shouldn't have been deadly with a trained pilot. Thousands of flights happened with the MAX before these idiots made a scene.

Do your own research. I'm not wrong. I think you know that too.

WookieMan says

Which was correctable. That's been my point.

They crashed on takeoff. They weren't 5000 feet in the air. They were 50 feet in the air.

WookieMan says

People can blame MCAS all they want. American pilots knew how to fly. They actually bitched about it even though they didn't know. The airlines wanted to take Boeing to the cleaners cash wise because of four dip shit pilots that crashed planes

Possibly - TIME WILL TELL. I don't know why people argue about this shit. If Boeing has a systemic problem, believe me, it's going to show up in the next few years. You'll know for certain then.

The ONLY reason to argue this is if you're fucking working for Boeing and want to protect their reputation, or if you're just a dumb idiot that likes to argue and I know you're not really that, however I doubt you work for Boeing. My position, is fuck Boeing, and Lockheed, and Raytheon, etc - they are the motherfuckers that have kept this country in 20 years of war for their fucking profits. They literally are turning blood into money. Fuck them all.

Who cares? Let's say the Boeing has a systemic problem that is really dangerous? So what? It's still a lot safer than driving a car. Currently. If we really do diversity hires in critical areas, it's not going to be long before that's FORCIBLY corrected. We can't do this in a complex society.

When people are like "oh, these large companies will never fall", yeah they will. You don't hear much about diversity hires at Amazon, but they're not really a high tech company, they just sell disk space and virtual machines mostly. Google is going to fucking implode, regular normal people are starting to complain about it, and there ARE alternatives already up and running, ready to go. Facebook, people just flat out refuse to use because Fuckerberg is such an asshole, I don't know how well that works, but META imploded. Remember "Meta"?

They were 5k feet in the air. I'll link it again. It was pilot error. https://youtu.be/s3LrsvaCUoo?si=9X2XqcapDAYz8wry

It was knowing how to fly a plane without automation. They were afraid to shut it off because they had no fucking clue what they were doing. There are doctors that leave shit in humans during surgery, is that the hospitals fault? No, it's the doctor. Everyone just blames and sues the hospital.

This horse has been beaten dead at this point. You guys don't know WTF you're talking about.

WookieMan says

They were 5k feet in the air. I'll link it again. It was pilot error. https://youtu.be/s3LrsvaCUoo?si=9X2XqcapDAYz8wry

NOT a video.

Here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Air_Flight_610

The flight's cockpit crew included Captain Bhavye Suneja, an Indian national, who had flown with the airline for more than seven years and had about 6,028 hours of flight experience (including 5,176 hours on the Boeing 737) and received his training in California; and First Officer Harvino, an Indonesian who had 5,174 hours of flight experience, 4,286 of them on the Boeing 737.

So, I'm wrong about its altitude without actually checking its attitude but it was well out over the ocean so it must have happened at flight attitude, but this was not an inexperienced crew that didn't know what they were doing, and it wasn't likely pilot error although maintenance may very well have been an issue although the plane was pretty new, having its first flight on July 30, 2018 and last on October 29, 2018. The software that controlled the MCAS system was new, and I bet recalled. I don't understand errors with software, there should be triple redundancy on such systems, and they aren't complex and they should be run through every conceivable situation in simulation. I would consider this a QA problem of Boeing.

Input is just electrical signals, and can be fully simulated. It's bizarre this is not done for everything. Every self driving car goes through EXTENSIVE simulation. This seems like sloppy engineering, but as I've said, we'll find out in time.

WookieMan says

It was knowing how to fly a plane without automation.

These are fly by wire systems. The plane can ignore input from the pilots if the software decides to do that. I can make your car drive into a tree if you give me a few minutes to install a device to access your CAN interface. I can turn off your ability to break, to turn, everything. You don't have a drive shaft anymore. Real easy to kill somebody if I have access to their vehicle. Makes it a lot easier to move the steering wheel to the left or right car seat..

Plane is no different. The CAN interface needs to be upgraded in my opinion. 30 years ago it was "only a technical wizard could interact with this", today, it's any high school student interested in coding. I can buy a CAN interface at any AutoZone.

WookieMan says

This horse has been beaten dead at this point. You guys don't know WTF you're talking about.

These aren't Cesnas. Fly by wire is you giving input for it to do something, sending electrical signals, then having servos follow commands. I don't know ANYTHING about this particular plane, but I'm certain it has no real mechanical controls. I know that Aribus can ENTIRELY over-ride pilot input, not positive if this is prevented on the Boeing. This might just be software bugs.

WookieMan says

It was knowing how to fly a plane without automation.

Spoken by the (armchair) aeronautical engineer / commercial pilot.

B.A.C.A.H. says

WookieMan says

It was knowing how to fly a plane without automation.

Spoken by the (armchair) aeronautical engineer / commercial pilot.

Yeah, I'm doubtful a pilot couldn't keep a plane level at 5000 feet, if they had control of the system and these were experienced pilots. Seems like they couldn't turn off the false alarm but I really don't know, and I don't care to look into it. This is a problem for the FAA and Boeing.

Just cause they fire Boeing's C-level from CEO to Vice Presidents, does not fix the systemic or root problems. DEI and woke has corrupted and compromised it. Good luck to new bosses trying to navigate that while trying to fix it.

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AD says

Just cause they fire Boeing's C-level from CEO to Vice Presidents, does not fix the systemic or root problems. DEI and woke has corrupted and compromised it. Good luck to new bosses trying to navigate that while trying to fix it.

No, that's not true. When Lou Gerstner came in, he called all the heads of their departments and asked them what they did, if they couldn't explain it in 2 minutes, they were fired and their department disbanded. He was ruthless and totally reformed the company.

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As far as my post above with Demming, that is why if I had to work in that environment I'd rather at least have a few Patricks, Rich Wicks, and Rins around me to bring some resemblance of competency and sanity to the workspace.

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richwicks says

When Lou Gerstner came in

But that was like over 30 years. The culture has been so corrupted like with DEI, etc. that this type of Gerstner-reform would never happen.

NY Times would have had pieces out on him, and pressure the board to fire him.

B.A.C.A.H. says

Spoken by the (armchair) aeronautical engineer / commercial pilot.

I don't care about engineers. I care about the person that flies the damn plane. There were engineers that worked on the MCAS system. Engineers that worked on the wings. Engineers that worked on the landing gear. Almost 99% of crashes are pilot error or maintenance issues. This isn't debatable. I don't own Boeing or Southwest stock. I have no interest in supporting either. I'm stating reality.

You guys are getting hung up on DEI and wokeness bull shit. The crashes were shit pilots. I get fly by wire. All of those systems can be overridden. That's not opinion. Not armchair. Go read things... US pilots figured it out when discovering MCAS on their own. They didn't crash the fucking thing into the ground. It was bad for Boeing to not talk/train about MCAS, BUT there are ways to control a plane. American pilots figured it out in the moment. The crashes were bad pilots. The tires falling off was bad maintenance. This isn't complicated.

This is no different than the Tesla autopilot crashes with drivers sleeping or not paying attention. And you all know I'm no Tesla fan boy. User and pilot error are at fault. Why create anything in the future if you're just going to get blamed for the person that fucks up? I wouldn't get in that game.

And don't say not a video. The guy, that I've met, literally shows you the controls and what they should have done to gain control of the plane. He's a commercial pilot and reviews literally almost every aircraft incident. Works with the NTSB. He not some internet schmuck. And you come at me with fucking wikipedia? I only linked wiki because it was just plane numbers at the time of the crashes. Which is likely not accurate but close enough.

AD says

But that was like over 30 years. The culture has been so corrupted like with DEI, etc. that this type of Gerstner-reform would never happen.

Well, yes, 30 years ago - but don't think this isn't true. There is eventually somebody that will have to go in and kick ass, otherwise airlines will be buying planes from China and Russia at some point.

WookieMan says

You guys are getting hung up on DEI and wokeness bull shit. The crashes were shit pilots. I get fly by wire. All of those systems can be overridden.

These pilots had extensive experience on the 737, and were well up in the air, and apparently they couldn't over-ride the systems. They had PLENTY of time to crash. I don't see how this can be pilot error or maintenance issues. I don't think the plane was responding to input.

Just saying "well, the pilots sucked" I don't think cuts it. Remember, the white race is a TINY minority in this world, I'm not surprised neither pilot was white, and I don't think that had anything to do with it. I don't think they were incompetent. I think the plane didn't respond to their input.

WookieMan says

"You keep saying this."

What part of "Boeing was found criminally liable for not informing the airlines and the
pilots about the 737 MAX instability and the presence of MCAS" don't you understand?
In addition, your so-called "pilot expertise" is irrelevant because flight simulators right after
the crashes proved that there was not enough time for any pilot regardless of experience to
get out of this deadly trap alive.

Give it a rest.

richwicks says

Just saying "well, the pilots sucked" I don't think cuts it. Remember, the white race is a TINY minority in this world, I'm not surprised neither pilot was white, and I don't think that had anything to do with it. I don't think they were incompetent. I think the plane didn't respond to their input.

Not about skin color for me at all. It's language. English was not their first language. The plane was created by an English speaking company. I know you know the term lost in translation. It wasn't the pilots first language. I can speak or listen to broken/shitty Spanish. Doesn't mean I understand EVERYTHING.

Being trained in the US means nothing as well. Again, English wasn't their first language. Getting answers right with ground school doesn't mean they understand 100% of what they learned. I can pass almost any test in most fields and not know 50% of it.

Also the hours you give are from another flight. The other crash had a pilot in the cockpit with 200 hours. Check it out yourself... Look at the airlines with incidences. Vast majority non-American and probably poor English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_737

This is all of the 737 history. Notice a trend?

The_Deplorable says

WookieMan says

"You keep saying this."

What part of "Boeing was found criminally liable for not informing the airlines and the
pilots about the 737 MAX instability and the presence of MCAS" don't you understand?
In addition, your so-called "pilot expertise" is irrelevant because flight simulators right after
the crashes proved that there was not enough time for any pilot regardless of experience to
get out of this deadly trap alive.

Give it a rest.

Link it.... I've asked before. Simulators are the real deal... lol. If they were, 10% of the population would be pilots. You have to fly the thing. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simulator

#flytherealplane

Also you're literally admitting that they had to simulate the crashes.... by default you're wrong because a simulation is not real. American pilots figured it out. These pilots didn't. You're fighting a losing battle.

WookieMan says

American pilots figured it out. These pilots didn't. You're fighting a losing battle.

If we take your (il)logic at Face Value, then The Boeing Corporation should only sell to customers with solely American Pilots.

Like richwicks wrote, richwicks says

Remember, the white race is a TINY minority in this world,

If they wanna sell to the world, jobs and trade balance and all that, well then the Awesome American Pilots are not all of whom they sell for. Maybe not even half their market.

Chill out, dude. We know you love Southwest Airlines and that you love travel on their jets. You don't have to genuflect to The Stock-Price-Driven-Management Boeing Corporation's dishonesty, shoddy engineering, and malfeasance to enjoy Southwest Airlines services.

If you feel safer on Southwest jets because their pilots are mostly Americans, well good for you. But that does not excuse what Boeing did.

WookieMan says

"Link it.... I've asked before. Simulators are the real deal... lol."

This is a link from a pilot in a simulator investigating whether or not the Indonesian and Ethiopian pilots knew what to do when their planes started having problems with the Angle of Attack sensor and the MCAS system:

"The systems on a modern aircraft are designed to be easy to use and also easy to deactivate," said Captain Aaron Murphy, a retired airline pilot in Canada, who serves as an instructor on big jets.

Murphy demonstrated what should have happened in a 737 simulator set up to recreate the dynamics presented by the MCAS system... In the safety of the simulator, Murphy allowed the plane to go nose down, then killed the trim switches, and manually brought the nose up.

"This is a training issue because you should know how to deactivate the system. But if you’re not even aware that the system exists - you wouldn’t even think of it." [1]

Not only Boeing refused to inform the airlines and the pilots about the presence of MCAS, they refused to provide training to the pilots. That is why Boeing was found criminally liable.

[1] https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/aerospace/boeing/boeing-737-simulator-helps-us-understand-final-minutes-before-deadly-crash/281-d843c45a-adef-4d84-b79b-15d929b4bbd8