Boeing Backs Simulator Training for 737 Max Pilots in Reversal

Re:Boeing Backs Simulator Training for 737 Max Pilots in Rev... by chmaynard on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @06:02PM (#21986177)

"Southwest Airlines Co., the largest 737 Max customer, said in a statement before Boeing’s announcement that it was confident that computer-based training would have been sufficient to supplement its existing training program."

Translation: Safety is not our highest priority. It's up there, but profitability is higher.

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Re:Boeing Backs Simulator Training for 737 Max Pilots in Rev... by ralph84 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @06:59PM (#21986666)

For any airline sim time is a finite resource. They have to choose what to focus on. They can't have every pilot experience every possible failure in the sim.

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Re:Boeing Backs Simulator Training for 737 Max Pilots in Rev... by jnwatson on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @02:00AM (#21989021)

Can’t tell if serious...

That’s exactly what I would hope pilots experience.

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Re:Boeing Backs Simulator Training for 737 Max Pilots in Rev... by ralph84 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:23AM (#21989473)

Sure pilots experience failures in the sim. The point is they can't experience every possible failure scenario or they'd never get out of the sim.

Southwest has had three fatalities in 48 years of operation, and in only one of those was pilot error a contributing factor, so saying their pilot training prioritizes profits over safety is unfounded snark.

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Re:Boeing Backs Simulator Training for 737 Max Pilots in Rev... by chmaynard on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @05:05AM (#21990021)

Southwest management has a history of making gratuitous statements. For example, in March 2019 before the 737 MAX was grounded:

"Because MCAS is only designed to operate in rare conditions while pilots are manually flying, pilots should never see the system in operation."

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Re:Boeing Backs Simulator Training for 737 Max Pilots in Rev... by hurricanetc on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @08:41PM (#21987390)

It really isn’t an issue that requires hours in a simulator.

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