• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I would like to point out that MCAS was only a thing because Boeing wanted to certify the 737 MAX as just another variant with no additional pilot training or certification needed. But the differences made the plane maneuver and react to input differently. So MCAS was developed to try and compensate for that. And then they didn’t train pilots on the new system, because it was being certified as a regular variant that should not have different flight characteristics. The FAA accepted their explanation at face value and rubber stamped it basically, and in the process saved Boeing Billions of dollars of additional development costs.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX_certification

        • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          It also saved the airlines money because, they didn’t have to pay to have the pilots retrained on a new aircraft.

      • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 months ago

        So, I’m not the best passenger on air planes, I usually just remain in fetal position for the duration of the flight.

        I was taking a flight to Shanghai with Air China and it was a relatively smooth flight. I was in unusually good spirits, even managed to watch a movie. Then we landed. After touching ground the whole plane was flashing in red lights. It took me like 2 minutes of erratic panic to realize that they were displaying a waving Chinese flag on the screens and thus it was flashing red. Should’ve fucking given me a heads-up, man.