'Passengers are afraid of this airplane': How Boeing is handling 737 Max problem

Re:'Passengers are afraid of this airplane': How Boeing is h... by kuzehanka on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:07AM (#19737916)

Pure speculation, but I expect they will have to lose the equivalence certification with 737 (one of the key elements of the MCAS fiasco). Pilots will need to undergo additional training on the 737 MAX to understand the flight characteristics without MCAS.

That additional training will cause some cash bleed but is not a huge deal.

To be clear, multiple pilots have come out saying that flying without MCAS doesn't present any additional stall risk. It just requires additional training to handle the plane. MCAS only existed to allow for this equivalence certification and bypass the need for pilot training. Maybe they will remove MCAS entirely since training is now likely to be required no matter what.

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Re:'Passengers are afraid of this airplane': How Boeing is h... by zaroth on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:13AM (#19737959)

It’s possible that the plane is safer to fly without MCAS and that the deadly system was only added to exploit an FAA loophole to reduce the rollout costs.

IMO this would paint Boeing in the worst possible light, and result in the maximum possible legal liability at the end of the day.

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