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Southwest Airlines proposed a ploy to deceive FAA on Boeing 737 MAX, legal filing alleges
In April 2016, when Boeing’s 737 MAX was in flight test a year ahead of its certification by the Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Airlines made a strange proposal to Boeing — one that suggests an effort to deceive the FAA. According to a legal filing by attorneys pursuing a lawsuit against the airline, Southwest manager Bill Lusk asked Boeing officials, including the MAX chief technical pilot Mark Forkner, if engineers could install a new flight control safety alert required for the… (www.seattletimes.com) Mais...Ambulance chasing lawyers and wannabe victims looking for easy money.
Murderous corporations valuing profit over people.
The thought that an airline could do so much to ensure it's pilots remained ignornant of the plane they were mean to fly, is really disturning.
Disturbing even!
“This centers around MCAS,” said [SWAPA president captain Jon] Weaks. “You cannot train for what’s not in the (pilot) manual. And MCAS was not in the manual.”
Dominic Gates now:
Southwest conducted an intensive review of the MAX’s systems, pilot procedures and flight manuals and came across mention of MCAS in a pilot checklist for an emergency procedure, the legal filing shows. Southwest contacted Boeing to remove MCAS from the checklist; it was.
Standards? We don't need no stinking standards.