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Forum: Rumours & News
18th Dec 2019, 11:27
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

I'd have agreed with you just after Ethiopian,...

I'd have agreed with you just after Ethiopian, but a grounding of this length and scale is unprecedented and we are in the era of social media.
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Dec 2019, 22:08
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/pilot-pr...

https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/pilot-procedure-confusion-adds-new-complication-to-737-max-return/?fbclid=IwAR3R9dnXEtiROn6TQWTut63r5V6WKJj634NjmQtkcJ9WNb7JuyicCOXJVhU

Another shell...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Dec 2019, 13:18
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

What's missing from both public accounts of the...

What's missing from both public accounts of the Seattle show: an explanation of the second, more dangerous stage of the MCAS development, when its authority was considerably increased. Why was that...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Dec 2019, 16:40
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Nope, although the confusion is understandable....

Nope, although the confusion is understandable. British numeral dates are day-month-year.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Dec 2019, 20:57
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

A report from this week's Seattle meeting: ...

A report from this week's Seattle meeting:

https://davidlearmount.com/?fbclid=IwAR2hSBrtSwxfpjp9Xe9rd288oUPii_8q8IVK30Q18jW6iLvn6uXj0OFxC0w
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Nov 2019, 22:03
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Cleopatra ain't the only queen of Denial...

Cleopatra ain't the only queen of Denial...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Nov 2019, 20:46
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Concur. Boeing's Monday release was yet another...

Concur. Boeing's Monday release was yet another classic of tin-eared communication.
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Oct 2019, 12:41
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

It occurs to me that the "bare airframe...

It occurs to me that the "bare airframe characteristics" issue may be at the bottom of the "phased approach" that Muilenburg talked about in the 3Q call, with FAA granting approval ahead of non-US...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Oct 2019, 11:50
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Concur. Moving the most powerful effector on the...

Concur. Moving the most powerful effector on the airplane to tune the stick force gradient seems to be asking for trouble.
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Oct 2019, 18:39
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

I believe that the issue has always been that a...

I believe that the issue has always been that a longer gear - absent telescoping features, which nobody really likes - means moving the gear attach points outwards, and a new center section. At the...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Oct 2019, 13:08
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Not just the C-suite. If you're eligible for a...

Not just the C-suite. If you're eligible for a bonus, the size of the total bonus pot is linked to financial performance and some of your bonus may well be in deferred stock, so the cheap and fast...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Oct 2019, 14:24
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

That is true as far as it goes. However, 2 and 4...

That is true as far as it goes. However, 2 and 4 apply widely and the overall safety trend has been positive for many years. Then one airplane type enters service...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Oct 2019, 21:14
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

"Ice cold Grey Goose" is not going to cut it for...

"Ice cold Grey Goose" is not going to cut it for Boeing's C-suite and legal department this weekend. They're going to need something stronger and quite possibly unlawful.
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Oct 2019, 08:25
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

As observed many posts ago: allowing Ms Rosie...

As observed many posts ago: allowing Ms Rosie Scenario to write your published predictions of an RTF date is a way to guarantee a steady stream of ANOTHER MAX DELAY headlines.
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Oct 2019, 21:35
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

If the Langewiesche story was a plant, it just...

If the Langewiesche story was a plant, it just backfired. As in, megaton-range.

My Letter to the Editor of New York Times Magazine ? Sully Sullenberger...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Oct 2019, 15:51
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

But that isn't the trim runaway procedure, is it?...

But that isn't the trim runaway procedure, is it? Because the FTFA-fundies have been banging away at "just use the trim runaway procedure" here and elsewhere. Granted, this is a great way to handle a...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Oct 2019, 15:13
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/621879-max-s-r...

https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/621879-max-s-return-delayed-faa-reevaluation-737-safety-procedures-142.html#post10584876

Hmm, maybe that explains the timing of Boeing's announcement of its new...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Oct 2019, 14:59
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Those non wh.... I mean non-Western pilots again....

Those non wh.... I mean non-Western pilots again. Compared with all the wh.. I mean Western pilots who successfully dealt with a false MCAS activation. All none of them.

If that's what you mean,...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Sep 2019, 20:13
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Meanwhile, here is the latest Boeing contribution...

Meanwhile, here is the latest Boeing contribution to the discussion...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2REqWEUPcMk&app=desktop

... complete with the standard piano track that is overused in...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Sep 2019, 15:25
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Seconded, thirded and fourthed the pile-on to...

Seconded, thirded and fourthed the pile-on to yanrair's comment. It seems a bit prejudiced considering that it merely dittoes Langewiesche without addressing the many detailed critiques in earlier...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Sep 2019, 13:44
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Not exactly. The 737 line halt was announced in...

Not exactly. The 737 line halt was announced in early October 1997, which was only eight weeks after the Macs acquisition closed.

The new system, DCAC-MRM (Define and Control Aircraft...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2019, 20:42
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

That Langewiesche piece is weird. I met the...

That Langewiesche piece is weird. I met the author many years ago, and I'm familiar with his work since then - but this is unusually like polemic.

In its functioning, the electric trim is smooth,...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Aug 2019, 12:46
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Here's a really novel idea. Since no two-member...

Here's a really novel idea. Since no two-member crew has survived an MCAS failure, which doesn't look at all like a continuous-by-definition, unresponsive-to-yoke-switches runaway stab trim, let's...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Aug 2019, 12:33
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Lets put it this way. You go to an organization...

Lets put it this way. You go to an organization with 100 people. 95 of the people are happy, 5 are not. You interview all 100 people, but you write your article based entirely on what the 5 unhappy...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jul 2019, 17:23
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Well, that explains the timing of Loren...

Well, that explains the timing of Loren Thompson's piece, calling for an "expeditious" RTF.
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Jul 2019, 15:23
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Here's an interesting new line. ...

Here's an interesting new line.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2019/07/11/five-basic-facts-about-boeing-missing-from-coverage-of-the-737-max-story/#1e2f1d3b521b

Thompson is a...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jul 2019, 13:07
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

It will be interesting to see whether the USA...

It will be interesting to see whether the USA Today piece and the linked Fox News commentary by Sam Graves are the start of a trend, appearing, as they do, as the consensus expectation shifts to a...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Jul 2019, 16:44
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

So if the pilots were never properly trained in...

So if the pilots were never properly trained in [trim runaway] procedure, and that procedure might have saved the day, where does that responsibility fall? - Yoko1

Imma out on a limb here and say...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jul 2019, 20:26
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Re: Corporate Posters I'm with Wonkazoo that...

Re: Corporate Posters

I'm with Wonkazoo that some of this stuff is deeply suspicious.

I believe that corporations do (through cutouts) engage in social media with sock puppets. I'd be surprised...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jun 2019, 14:59
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

There's not much 737 left in the P-8A given the...

There's not much 737 left in the P-8A given the numerous extra holes, wing hardpoints, restressing for low-level flight and the rest of it.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th May 2019, 13:42
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,791,232
Posted By LowObservable

Safety, for the passenger, is always relative and...

Safety, for the passenger, is always relative and a matter of perception. I have been regular SLF since 1974, in which year there were 11 major losses including the THY Paris crash, the first 747...
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