[SystemSafety] "FAA chief '100% confident' of 737 MAX safety as flights to resume"

[Olwen Morgan]

Thus spake a man whose email address ends, ".faaconsulting.com". I'm 
happy to let him bear any residual risks *before* I do.


Olwen



On 20/11/2020 12:43, Tom Ferrell wrote:
>
> Seeing this sentiment a lot in the press reporting and find it utterly 
> ridiculous.  This aircraft is now the most scrutinized aircraft in the 
> history of the commercial transport fleet.  Multiple regulators, 
> multiple deep dives through the flight control design and then a 
> fanout into just about every other system-critical system onboard. 
> Couple that with the overall history of 737 safety and its hard to see 
> how more could be done given the current regulations and oversight 
> bodies that we have to ensure the safety of this aircraft type.  Just 
> my opinion of course, but I, for one, will feel perfectly comfortable 
> flying in this aircraft. The question is really what has the breakdown 
> in processes and safety culture at Boeing meant for other recent 
> aircraft development…
>
> *From:* systemsafety 
> <systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> *On Behalf Of 
> *Olwen Morgan
> *Sent:* Friday, November 20, 2020 7:25 AM
> *To:* systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
> *Subject:* Re: [SystemSafety] "FAA chief '100% confident' of 737 MAX 
> safety as flights to resume"
>
> As the old adage goes, "You won't catch me up in one of those things!"
>
> Olwen
>
> On 19/11/2020 10:44, Peter Bernard Ladkin wrote:
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>     On 2020-11-19 08:54 , Jon Hind wrote:
>
>
>           " 'I feel 100% confident,' said Dickson, a former airline
>         and military pilot, who took over as FAA administration in
>         August 2019 and took the controls for a 737 MAX test flight in
>         September."
>
>         If the head of  the F.A.A. has 100% confidence then what hope
>         is there for the general population in understanding real
>         world risks ?
>
>     Assuming he was flying for an hour or less, I think he is entitled
>     to round to the nearest 8 significant figures.......
>
>     PBL
>
>     Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
>     ClaireTheWhiteRabbit RIP
>     Tel+msg +49 (0)521 880 7319 www.rvs-bi.de <http://www.rvs-bi.de>
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