Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Addresses the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Report

Re:Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Addresses the Ethiopian Airl... by jayalpha on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:22AM (#19580446)

"It's now fairly obvious MCAS was at the root of those two crashes. But, did it save lives in other circumstances?"

Very possible. The question is, should you use a plane with an unstable design in civilian air transport? AFAIK, a stealth bomber can't fly without the help of a computer to keep in in the air. But for a civilian aircraft this should be a very conscious decision and nothing that is hidden under band aid.

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Re:Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Addresses the Ethiopian Airl... by VBprogrammer on Friday April 05, 2019 @09:23AM (#19582236)

If you don't want to fly in a aircraft which requires a computer to fly then avoid anything Airbus and almost all other modern passenger jets. The 737 is literally as close to that ideal as you'll find in service today. If an EMP goes off your are still in trouble though, the engines have FADEC, so they'll probably shut down.

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Re:Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Addresses the Ethiopian Airl... by jayalpha on Friday April 05, 2019 @10:50AM (#19583071)

Well, fly by wire (airbus) and impossible to keep the plane in air without a computer (Stealth bomber) are not the same thing.

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