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Forum: Rumours & News
15th Nov 2019, 16:09
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

Unfortunately, it is the entire industry that has...

Unfortunately, it is the entire industry that has moved in the shareholders'/beancounters' direction. We have seen in this and other threads reports on the severe reduction in hand flying, the...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Oct 2019, 21:03
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

They knew and they put out a detailed AD with the...

They knew and they put out a detailed AD with the FAA. The supplied checklist which was almost identical to the runaway trim NNC, if followed, would have prevented the Ethiopian crash. It was not...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Oct 2019, 12:38
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

I suspect it is more of an iterative process than...

I suspect it is more of an iterative process than a single delivery of final mods.
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Oct 2019, 12:24
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

You have not worked with bureaucratic regulators...

You have not worked with bureaucratic regulators have you. Especially, bureaucratic regulators who think that they were blindsided and are now being extremely pedantic. Those bureaucrats then have...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Oct 2019, 13:10
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

Or to put it simply all the holes in the cheese...

Or to put it simply all the holes in the cheese matter

James Reason's Swiss Cheese model of failure causation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model)
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Oct 2019, 12:02
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

You will notice the contradictory requirement the...

You will notice the contradictory requirement the alerting system is to relay clearly what is going on - and catch attention so they will not be overlooked this is the cascade of warnings and...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Oct 2019, 20:25
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

We do not know that at all. We do know that both...

We do not know that at all. We do know that both Lion Air captains successfully handled the problem. The first actually completed the flight. The second was let down by the first officer who he...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Oct 2019, 14:55
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

Which could be read as the aircraft and its...

Which could be read as the aircraft and its automation must be able to cope without assistance from pilots. The beancounters really really like this support for autonomous aircraft.
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Sep 2019, 15:09
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

During the similarly long AF447 thread where more...

During the similarly long AF447 thread where more hostility was allowed toward the cockpit crew than on this thread, the repeated refrain was 'fly the aircraft' - 'pitch and power' - especially when...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Sep 2019, 09:31
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

That statement will have huge ramifications for...

That statement will have huge ramifications for avionics, aircraft design and for pilots; it is a tacit admission that pilots have become deskilled in manual flying.
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The current assumptions made...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Sep 2019, 15:01
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

From some of the posts in this thread they would...

From some of the posts in this thread they would not need to travel that far. Reduced training was one of the demands from the customers too. It is a kind of institutional normalization of deviance....
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Sep 2019, 12:48
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

I think that the same could be said for training...

I think that the same could be said for training of the crews. As was shown the first Lion Air aircraft flew to destination after the crew switched of Stab Trim and the Second Lion Air flight, had...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Sep 2019, 14:42
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

[/left]AF 447 did not recover mainly because...

[/left]AF 447 did not recover mainly because stall warnings were disabled and the Flight Directors allowed to provide indications despite the FMS being in alternate law . The crew of 447 were...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2019, 14:40
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

It is a standard approach to safety design, THE...

It is a standard approach to safety design, THE reason pilots are in the cockpit is to deal with problems that the automatics cannot and that is standard practice for all manufacturers.

The...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Aug 2019, 15:34
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

I don't think A or B have an 'in house'. ...

I don't think A or B have an 'in house'. Components have always been outsourced engines tires etc. But it is more than that the major factories become assembly lines more than construction, with...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Aug 2019, 17:09
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

I would expect the parked delivered aircraft will...

I would expect the parked delivered aircraft will be brought back by a mix of Boeing teams and Airline staff where the airline parked them.
The other undelivered aircraft currently parked in...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Aug 2019, 13:08
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

If the design documentation is good then the...

If the design documentation is good then the impact of changing items is known through forward and backward traceability. I have worked in systems where a line of code could be traced back the a...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2019, 11:23
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

Trimming should be instinctive and second nature...

Trimming should be instinctive and second nature well before pilots are licensed. The first Lion Air flight PF kept the aircraft in trim as did the second Lion Air captain and the aircraft remained...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jul 2019, 16:20
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

This is true, But that doesn't excuse avoiding...

This is true, But that doesn't excuse avoiding regression testing. The new use might just have some operational assumptions such as parameters that the designer of the legacy system believed ...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jul 2019, 12:30
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

Thank the mathematicians that demand a formal...

Thank the mathematicians that demand a formal proof of the FMC chip and operating systems 'for safety'. Creating formal proofs for multicore multiprocessing systems is not feasible, in consequence...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jul 2019, 12:13
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

The problem was that the AF447 entry to the stall...

The problem was that the AF447 entry to the stall was not a classic entry. A zoom climb to above service ceiling with the sidestick held continually fully back. This put the aircraft on the wrong...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jun 2019, 16:10
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,790,956
Posted By Ian W

It is apparent that it was not considered that...

It is apparent that it was not considered that MCAS would fail in the way it did. Therefore, any simulation training prior to the accidents would not have included an MCAS runaway due to a bad AOA...
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