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TK1951 had a faulty altimeter, which led to the malfunction of the auto throttle (automatic speed control), the pilots were not monitoring the speed, they didn’t notice they were slowing down and the aircraft crashed because it didn’t have enough speed to fly. I believe the similarities are in the ...

Even in official mails, people will use "bar-talk". Like pilots judging their management... not always realistic as they hardly ever (rather never) know the complete story as to why certain decisions were/are taken.

ALL modern civilian and military jets have electronic systems to compensate the complex aerodynamics... You and Acid better start travelling by train, car, bicycle,... That's not the issue. The issue is when compensation devices fail and the failure effect of such failure on a commercial airliner. ...

many people consider them as a luxury that the Earth can no longer afford. The aviation industry counters that aeroplanes have never been as efficient as now and turns to the governments which cannot agree on a Single European Sky that would cut emissions even more. Don't think the majority of the ...

We get our roster approx 14 days in advance, no bidding system, off days can be requested a month prior to release (but there is a lot of flexibility, probably the best in the world). I know companies where roster is published 10 days in advance and nothing is "on request". When it comes t...

Sounds like too much ego in one place, both up & down the ladder...?

It takes a long time to read, but this article of the New York Times is a great overview of the 737 MAX crashes. It shows that the pilots of both crashed aircraft have a large responsibility by lack of airmanship and that Airbus planes are intrinsically superior to Boeing ones. A great piece of jou...

Maybe also specify the aircraft in more detail. B777 allows certain temperature control, B737 not. But it is supposed to be positive all the time.

1) we can’t get traffic rights The "we can't" is the exact reason why - IF there are talks - complete confidentiality is necessary. International politics and lobbying is involved. And clarification about "taxpayers" money is only required in due time, which is hypocrit anyway. ...

Even in a jet engine, the combustion creates a flow speed increase that creates a net drop in pressure, so there is no high sideways force. In a rocket engine, the exhaust is designed for a certain "atmospheric region". In the converging section, the pressure does not increase, the velocit...

No, Boeing does. It is a stabilizer trim runaway. The procedure the Ethiopian guys followed.

- At low speed a certain amount of change will trigger a pitching moment, the same amount of change will cause a larger pitching moment at high speed. - the final blow of MCAS at >340 kts put the aircraft in a nose down moment, unable to arrest with elevator alone (while before they were). Anyway, ...

- The force of the stabilizer (the surface controlled by MCAS) is proportional to the airspeed meaning: an input by MCAS might have been recoverable by pulling the yoke at low speed, but not at high speed due to the increased force. This is not just my analysisis, Flight Global: " Proper respo...

pilot_gent wrote: ↑22 May 2019, 21:28 - Fact: they did not once touch the throttles. Forces became uncontrollable due to the high speed.

Can you explain this "fact"?

I understand that, but I am referring to how political organisations function in relation to admitting faults and elections. Unions are no different. They don't do what is "best", they do what is best in their own interest, and there is a lot of abuse in unions (especially in companies rel...

* politicians are unwilling to take corrective action, because that would imply admitting fault; politicians never like to do that, especially not with elections approaching rapidly Yet people forget unions ARE politics. There is no difference. Representatives are elected, they have a color, and ha...

I think you misquoted me here... I never made statements on that subject. As for that statement: my experience is I don't see any problem with that. It can be tough in some isolated cases, yes, no need to deny. But it is much much harder to re-train someone with 2000hrs of single engine piston habi...

When it goes tits up the MAX requires flying skills which today’s pilots (JAF probably being a rare exception) don’t have anymore! I agree for 100 percent with this statement of Poiu, today newbies come on a right seat with passengers and it is their first real flight in a 737 (or 320) is this norm...

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When it goes tits up the MAX requires flying skills which today’s pilots (JAF probably being a rare exception) don’t have anymore! Maybe, maybe not. Reading the Boeing 737 FCTM, it says you might need a lot of altitude. As far as I know JAF cannot create altitude. "Noise prooves nothing"