Top_Cat
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Yeah and that’s why whilst the plane might have done something unusual, the debate will centre around how well the drivers handled it, automation and how these pilots not brought up in the era of hairy-chested test pilots can’t handle anything without a checklist.
And for Boeing this will be just fine.
What’ll change that, one feels, is if they find that a real software fault. Something like, given conditions, other systems are now receiving incorrect data and now the plane will crash. Very unlikely. And on the engine thing, again, one feels that Boeing will only get into trouble there if it’s proven that makes the plane do something that completely reverses pilot logic for how a plane should handle. Like, in a stall, power off/stick forward/aeilerons and rudders neutral no longer applies or something of that level. Otherwise, it’ll be a ‘lessons learned’ thing.
And for Boeing this will be just fine.
What’ll change that, one feels, is if they find that a real software fault. Something like, given conditions, other systems are now receiving incorrect data and now the plane will crash. Very unlikely. And on the engine thing, again, one feels that Boeing will only get into trouble there if it’s proven that makes the plane do something that completely reverses pilot logic for how a plane should handle. Like, in a stall, power off/stick forward/aeilerons and rudders neutral no longer applies or something of that level. Otherwise, it’ll be a ‘lessons learned’ thing.
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