Comments on: Maxed out

By: furor kek tonicus ( Alfalfa males uber alles )

furor kek tonicus ( Alfalfa males uber alles ) — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:37:55 +0000

to no one’s surprise, Alaska and United are finding more Max’s with loose bolts.
blancolirio – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubCQZtLTAug
Dan Gryder – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEw41Rtp6w
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even better, it turns out the cockpit door automatically unlocks in the case of a de-pressurization. due to this, the pilots didn’t have any checklists because all of the pads and clipboards got sucked out of the cockpit. that’s nuts. and definitely indicates that at least a couple of checklists need to be tethered near the pilots.

By: Randale6

Randale6 — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 22:28:52 +0000

A simple solution to this cost cutting presents itself, good old “lex talionis” law. Here is my proposed piece of legislation (which will never pass, alas): “if the builder or engineer’s product/design should result in the death of the user that builder/engineer shall be put to death. Exceptions: should the user deliberately use the product/design to commit suicide/self-harm the builder/engineer shall not be found liable. Deliberate or indeliberate use of the product/design for purposes it was not designed for (such as trying to use a solar panel to power your heater in Antarctica) that result in the suicide/self/-harm/harm of the user the builder/engineer shall not be held liable for.”

By: furor kek tonicus

furor kek tonicus — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 21:19:53 +0000

yeah, that whole MCAS thing was, at root, the decision to allow software to use a single indicator ( known to fail ) to take over control of the aircraft in direct opposition to pilot inputs.
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which indicates multiple failures throughout the design process. iirc, the Max actually came with dual AoA sensors they just weren’t wiring the 2nd sensor as a “cost savings” measure.