"You’ve got to understand that our commitment to safety is as great as yours," Mr. Sinnett said in the meeting.
Which is a blatant lie considering they opted to DLC bunch of saftety features.
Which is a blatant lie considering they opted to DLC bunch of saftety features.
They "own it" but they've "done nothing wrong."
Some sort of autopilot self-crashing joke next.
If you're referring to the AOA indication — they didn't though. Boeing sold the MAX to the FAA and the airlines as being equipped with an "AoA disagree" annunciator on every single one. It turns out that the annunciator didn't work unless you also purchased the AoA gauges (it's unclear to me whether or not there are gauges on the primary flight display or if they're just part of the heads-up display). That little glitch was considered too minor by Boeing to notify the FAA or the airlines.
I am past caring for or trusting their lame excuses at this point.
On the 737MAX the indicated airspeed is calculated from the pitot tube reading and the AoA reading, so you'll already get an airspeed disagree warning. And the stickshaker on the side(s) with the broken sensor will also be going, if it uses the bad data to compute a stall.
Another warning doesn't help Lion Air when they don't know the computer is adjusting the trim, even though autopilot was disabled because of airspeed disagree.
Another warning doesn't help Ethiopia Airlines who don't have a procedure that gets the trim back under control.
What Boeing needed to do was tell pilots about MCAS -- training, as well as an indicator that it activated; and provide a way to disable it while still providing pilot control of trim.