U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design changes

Re:U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design cha... by onde2rock on Monday August 03, 2020 @04:57PM (#24043321)

Wow the report is very interesting ! In the paragraph about the mandatory AOA DISAGREE alert :

> Some 737 MAX airplanes were delivered without this alert feature, by error.

The FAA is useless ...

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Re:U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design cha... by Androider on Monday August 03, 2020 @05:26PM (#24043655)

AFAIK the AOA disagree alert was an optional add-on sold by Boeing!

https://qz.com/1608362/boeing-says-it-didnt-deactivate-stand...

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Re:U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design cha... by toast0 on Monday August 03, 2020 @11:12PM (#24046161)

Sure, but without knowledge of MCAS, what would a pilot do with an AOA warning?

They would still most likely get an airspeed disagree warning (standard) because AOA is a parameter in the airspeed calculation. Again, they wouldn't know that was why the stabilizer trim kept moving to nose down, because the MCAS system was not disclosed to pilots.

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