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

Olwen Morgan olwen at phaedsys.com
Mon Nov 30 19:55:31 CET 2020


On 30/11/2020 18:18, Peter Bernard Ladkin wrote:
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> On 2020-11-30 18:08 , Olwen Morgan wrote:
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>> If the 737 MAX is not unstable at certain speeds and AoAs, then why 
>> does it need MCAS?
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>> PBL note that I'm not being deliberately obtuse here.
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> My view: yes, you are.
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Your response does not surprise me.

It's as if I'd said that the emperor has no clothes and you retorted 
that I had ignored the sum total of his ear-muffs, corn-plasters and 
jock-strap.


The question stands: If the 737 MAX is not unstable at certain speeds 
and AoAs, then why does it need MCAS?


olwen




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