Re:The Case Against Boeing
by pdonis on Saturday November 16, 2019 @06:49PM
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> Lowering flaps or not raising them in the first place solves it since flaps disengage MCAS.
But the pilots weren't told that and didn't know it. Nobody was trained or informed that "lower flaps" was a proper response to "trim system malfunction", and I don't see why it would be an obvious thing to come up with on your own.
> they allowed a plane to take off with a system required for airworthiness to not be fixed
Did Lion Air know the AoA sensor was required for airworthiness? Nobody outside Boeing knew MCAS existed at the time.
But the pilots weren't told that and didn't know it. Nobody was trained or informed that "lower flaps" was a proper response to "trim system malfunction", and I don't see why it would be an obvious thing to come up with on your own.
> they allowed a plane to take off with a system required for airworthiness to not be fixed
Did Lion Air know the AoA sensor was required for airworthiness? Nobody outside Boeing knew MCAS existed at the time.