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Forum: Rumours & News
19th Dec 2019, 01:49
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Sometimes I think that Americans have forgotten...

Sometimes I think that Americans have forgotten that we live in a democracy. There is certainly nothing illegal about leaking the contents of a non classified discussion that the President has with...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Dec 2019, 01:15
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

In a just world, Muilenburg would be considering...

In a just world, Muilenburg would be considering his trial strategy rather than what to say to keep the stock afloat.
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Dec 2019, 17:16
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

It probably won't happen, but could those...

It probably won't happen, but could those airframes without wings be repurposed, perhaps as NGs? Perhaps plan "C" would be to redesign the fuel efficient engine to actually fit the airframe. A...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Dec 2019, 15:32
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Unless the screw falls out and jams the gears? ...

Unless the screw falls out and jams the gears?

There is an interesting design point here; nothing in the real world is independent. You would think that the ECU of an electronically controlled...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Dec 2019, 15:40
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

The fact that the AOA sensor uses set screws...

The fact that the AOA sensor uses set screws instead of indexing shows to me that it was never considered to be a part critical to safety. If there was one moment when Boeing "jumped the shark" it...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Dec 2019, 15:29
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

"But all of the pilots managed to recover the...

"But all of the pilots managed to recover the plane." When this sort of information leaks I suspect a bit more PR judo going on here, at what altitude did the simulated failure occur? Maybe I am...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Dec 2019, 16:32
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

I had an incident in my brand new Audi Q5...

I had an incident in my brand new Audi Q5 yesterday that illustrates the differences between Boeing's "you don't need to know" approach to engineering and what I consider the correct approach.

My...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Dec 2019, 04:40
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

So when a Boeing representative said that the...

So when a Boeing representative said that the problem was a simple paperwork formatting issue that could be addressed in "a matter of days"...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Dec 2019, 01:10
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

"More than half responded with the wrong...

"More than half responded with the wrong procedure."

So these were presumably head of class pilots expecting to perform some sort of AOA failure response and they fluffed it. Is my reading...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Dec 2019, 20:55
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

It would take a lot of PR judo for a domestic...

It would take a lot of PR judo for a domestic airline to sell the concept of flying passengers on an aircraft that was deemed unsafe to fly in other countries.
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Dec 2019, 16:02
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Note that the $125 million is just the amount...

Note that the $125 million is just the amount that SW is sharing with their employees. You can imagine that is but a fraction of the payout, shareholders come first after all! I believe that...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Dec 2019, 04:56
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Interesting to note the PR judo going on here,...

Interesting to note the PR judo going on here, world class in that department at least. Boeing announces that the regulators will approve the fix by December, a timeline that could not legally have...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Dec 2019, 23:27
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

I do think local media would have noticed that...

I do think local media would have noticed that many fights around Renton. I'm pretty sure I saw one flight test and it was quite distinctive, no way of mistaking it for a regular flight. (It is...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Dec 2019, 04:20
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Would the flight testing of the MAX have been any...

Would the flight testing of the MAX have been any different from what was required for a clean sheet design? I still have a hard time believing that MCAS wouldn't have been corrected if anybody had...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Dec 2019, 01:47
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Boeing Fined $4 Million for knowingly installing...

Boeing Fined $4 Million for knowingly installing faulty parts (https://komonews.com/news/local/faa-seeks-to-fine-boeing-39-million-for-faulty-jet-parts)


There must be more to this story, maybe...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Dec 2019, 18:45
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

A cynical person might wonder if Boeing was just...

A cynical person might wonder if Boeing was just saying stuff to keep the price afloat until the insiders could legally sell. Like everything else in this strange and tragic saga, making an...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Dec 2019, 00:09
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

n I don't know much about the SEC, is it...

n

I don't know much about the SEC, is it usual for them to ask a company to "clarify" their financial statements? When I became a manager it was beaten into me not to talk about anything that...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Dec 2019, 00:55
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

It might have something to do with United's...

It might have something to do with United's "totally unrelated to the MAX" decision to go with Airbus for 50 planes. The fact that United even felt it necessary to explain shows how well Boeing's...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Dec 2019, 20:28
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Boeing has invested a lot into the storyline that...

Boeing has invested a lot into the storyline that the two crashes were entirely the fault of inexperienced and poorly trained pilots, so India's response is logical. Boeing can't have it both ways....
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Nov 2019, 17:28
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

It would be interesting to know if Boeing ever...

It would be interesting to know if Boeing ever actually tested this assumption. I always figured that the flaps cutout was an analog for height. For example, it would be a bit harder to blame...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2019, 23:00
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

What Boeing is trying to do here is really hard,...

What Boeing is trying to do here is really hard, even leaving out the fact that they are using a 286 (which is not ancient, you damn whippersnappers!), a homebrew 'operating system', and have...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2019, 03:18
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Does this say what I think it does? Boeing...

Does this say what I think it does? Boeing produced 40 out-of-spec planes and then got approval for the design change? A manager would have to be either extremely incompetent or extremely sure of the...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2019, 16:22
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Good to see that the spinmeisters are still on...

Good to see that the spinmeisters are still on the job. At what point does this become securities fraud?
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Oct 2019, 18:29
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Um, perhaps not. They have the emails. Boeing CEO...

Um, perhaps not. They have the emails. Boeing CEO admits design flaw led to crashes (https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/politics/boeing-737-internal-email-muilenburg/index.html)
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Oct 2019, 16:09
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

The issue with the checklists is that none of the...

The issue with the checklists is that none of the proposed checklists actually involve identifying and resolving the problem. The fault was a sensor/software error in an automatic system that could...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Oct 2019, 19:51
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

More likely they are interested in his ability to...

More likely they are interested in his ability to use "Jedi mind tricks" to persuade the regulators to unground the plane -- an ability that is compromised now.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Oct 2019, 18:16
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Boeing finally expresses "regrets". The regrets...

Boeing finally expresses "regrets". The regrets are not about the faulty system that killed 300 people, not about (reportedly) misleading the FAA, and not even about (reportedly) failing to...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Oct 2019, 04:03
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

This incident makes me reconsider American style...

This incident makes me reconsider American style capitalism. The pressure to cut corners is always there, but I thought that in any large reputable corporation there would be enough people with...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Oct 2019, 20:44
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

So 300 people died because of a flaw that was...

So 300 people died because of a flaw that was apparently already well known to the company. Manslaughter might not be a severe enough charge.

Volkswagen engineers went to jail merely for...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Sep 2019, 02:43
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

My understanding of this incredibly long thread...

My understanding of this incredibly long thread is that "turn the trim off with those conveniently located trim switches" was exactly the wrong thing to do in this situation and was one of the...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Sep 2019, 17:09
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

I doubt it is a coincidence that he moved to the...

I doubt it is a coincidence that he moved to the main US customer for the MAX, there is probably some tricky legal or political reason that we don't understand. I really don't think that he is...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2019, 23:39
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Gee, I am not sure what your problem is. ...

Gee, I am not sure what your problem is. Perhaps you should take a break from the internet for awhile, I do that sometimes and find it refreshing. I don't suppose that you even know what IIS...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2019, 22:38
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

What an informed post. That is actually fairly...

What an informed post. That is actually fairly funny, since you are probably unknowingly using software that I had a hand in writing.
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2019, 22:03
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

I would put this in the software error category...

I would put this in the software error category of failing to anticipate bad input, much like code that gets a packet that says that the remainder is 450 bytes long which then reads 450 bytes from...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2019, 20:35
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,789,186
Posted By Water pilot

Some of the later news makes me wonder how much...

Some of the later news makes me wonder how much they cared. Not that they are unfeeling monsters, but that they cared about something else more than airworthiness. Even the dullest manager...
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