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Boeing will rollout a software upgrade for 737 Max in 10 days
Boeing is reportedly rolling out a software upgrade for its 737 Max in 10 days, Agence France-Presse reports, citing sources. The plane manufacturer tells CNBC the overall timeline has not changed. The report comes days after the FAA grounded all 737 Max flights, citing links between two fatal crashes. (www.cnbc.com) Mais...
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I'm sure the families of the victims and the airlines with expensive dead weight sitting on their ramps are all very patient. I wonder if you'd be calling for patience if your loved ones had died or if you had a major investment in an airline with a large static display at its hubs.
Why did people have to die in order to "accelerate" this patch? Also amazing to see airlines standing by waiting for the FAA to ground the max. In reality they should had done it well before the FAA did. Money over safety. Then they all released statements saying how much they have safety in mind, "safety is our top priority" BS.
$$$. Like they said in the Watergate investigation, "follow the money". Airlines wanted a bigger, more fuel-efficient, and longer-range 737 and Boeing could only do that by putting bigger, heavier engines in a new position. Change something like that and the effects cascade throughout the entire aircraft. Boeing should have said "no, we'll design a new and better replacement", but it was easier and cheaper to "improve" the 737 and sell them to airlines that wanted easier and cheaper, too. It was all about the Benjamins and now Boeing and the FAA and multiple airlines are facing much higher costs as the lawsuits fly -- which the 737 MAX isn't.
Seems as if they knew of the "glitch" all along and suddenly now have a fix.
The must be the previously mentioned April software upgrade that they are now going to roll out now?
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Given the amount of money, and the level of competition for billions in sales...
How long has the MAX series been flying?
How many flight test hours did Boeing fly this computer (MCAS) program?
We now know:
"Pilots Complained for Months About Suspected Flaw" concerning MCAS operation.
My questions now are:
Why are they just now crashing?
What level of training did each of the crews have? Both the lost crews and the ones who had a malfunction and flew on.
Why isn't a stick shaker adequate warning of impending stall? If not, why not?
How many captains (pilots) do not know to maintain proper airspeed? If not, why not?
So many, many questions and so few rock solid answers...
How long has the MAX series been flying?
How many flight test hours did Boeing fly this computer (MCAS) program?
We now know:
"Pilots Complained for Months About Suspected Flaw" concerning MCAS operation.
My questions now are:
Why are they just now crashing?
What level of training did each of the crews have? Both the lost crews and the ones who had a malfunction and flew on.
Why isn't a stick shaker adequate warning of impending stall? If not, why not?
How many captains (pilots) do not know to maintain proper airspeed? If not, why not?
So many, many questions and so few rock solid answers...
I doubt Boeing Execs are mass murderers and killing their own company's reputation. The true is Boeing was fixing it after the Indonesian crash before the Government Shutdown, but thanks to our President, the real mass murderer, the 5 weeks delayed completing the fix as the FAA was closed, and it cost a lot of people their lives. FYI, as a 2017 there were 1200 Max 8 and Max 9 delivered and flying. There are so many more hundreds more flying now. Yes, the US pilots ran into the same problem but they immediately switched off the Auto Pilot and took manual control of the airplane and all went well thereafter. Thank God, our US pilots are trained or smarter than the pilots from Indonesia and Ethopia.
"The aircraft's computers received conflicting information from the three angle of attack sensors. The aircraft computer system’s programming logic had been designed to reject one sensor value if it deviated significantly from the other two sensor values. In this specific case, this programming logic led to the rejection of the correct value from the one operative angle of attack sensor, and to the acceptance of the two consistent, but wrong, values from the two inoperative angle of attack sensors. This resulted in the system's stall protection functions responding incorrectly to the stall, making the situation worse, instead of better. In addition, the pilots also failed to recover from an aerodynamic stall in a manual mode in which the stabilizer had to be set to an up position to trim the aircraft. But only the stick was applied forward but aircraft didn't trim itself because it was switched to full manual mode. Seconds later the plane crashed into the sea."
My point being that automation, whether its working as intended or not still poses a risk based on any number of factors. Pilots, maintenance, weather, etc.. We do not know if sensors on the plane, poor maintenance, uninformed pilots, etc.. caused the 737 max crashes or if it was software that caused the crashes. In both Boeing and airbus, however, the pilots have the option to turn off electronic control of the system. Is the 737-Max using two switches near the fuel cut off switches to disable the system itself. The Pilots have manual control of the plane, Always, if they want it.
The YEARS spent with the planes before they EVER get in the hands of airlines is crazy. To fully blame Boeing before conclusive evidence is laid out on either crash is not the answer. They have to release a "fix" which, for all we know may just disable to M.C.A.S completely, until the investigation is complete. Patience is the game now.