I see, so your perspective is 97 fatalities do not rise to your; "justify such concerns", standard? A well-maintained/designed aircraft (3 years or 30) is not a respecter of age or airspace (i.e., foreign or domestic). As with any machine, the variable is always the human element from maintenance to in-flight.

(Written on 29/05/2020)(Permalink)

Does this tragic, loss of life, accident mean Airbus is next in line to receive Boeing's 737 MAX design review, grounding and hyperbole? Since the A320 operates in the USA, where is the domestic mainstream media coverage?

(Written on 29/05/2020)(Permalink)

Speaking only as a King Air C90B pilot; excluding all the specific cause/effect human "factors" (ground handling/maintenance/training/inflight, etc.) related to the 737 MAX accident and review, has any domestic aircraft received the intense level of design review scrutiny as this one? Regardless, in light of the deaths caused by our current pandemic and 100s of million tax dollars spent on the budgets of the ("CDC"), ("FDA"), ("NIH") etc., etc., why was America so unprepared for this pandemic? We face larger potential health risks in this country than the 737 MAX.

(Written on 17/04/2020)(Permalink)

In our advanced "age-of-technology", the current pandemic has revealed domestic airline travel is not an absolute necessity/requirement; consequently, I wonder why these 20/20 hindsight, all-knowing airline business commentators, didn't purchase "trip insurance"? If they had, refunding of subject airfares would be the insurance company's problem. This crisis could end up benefiting the insurance industry.

(Written on 10/04/2020)(Permalink)

According to the CDC, back in 2009, the swine flu infected approximately 61 million people in the USA and caused 12,469 deaths! Where were all these "disease control experts" and follow on "armchair quarterbacking" criticism of the Obama/Biden administration back then?

(Written on 13/03/2020)(Permalink)

Your rebuttal reinforces the maxim; it's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers." Socrates

(Written on 17/01/2020)(Permalink)

Does this tragedy qualify as an assassination, or merely murder of innocent lives? It's interesting the NYT chose to "verify the footage" in lieu of the usual knee-jerk posting of opinions, feelings and hearsay by so-called journalist and unnamed confidential sources.

(Written on 17/01/2020)(Permalink)

Does it seem odd how "whistleblower" incidents are treated differently? At least this former airline chief engineer has the integrity to step up and, personally, own his allegations.

(Written on 11/10/2019)(Permalink)

I assumed the design intent of the "MAX" was increased flight endurance and capacity, associated pilot type/class rating is the FAA's decision. Here again, the FAA issues both aircraft "Air Worthiness Certifications" and pilot licensing criteria. Regardless, most domestic airlines conduct simulator-based recurrent pilot training that can be programmed to "simulate" almost any flight condition and/or flight-deck system abnormality. The key is: Pilot Training & Experience! Statistics show the cause of most vehicle accidents/incidents is inexperienced young drivers.

(Written on 20/09/2019)(Permalink)

Automation on the flight deck is great until it malfunctions; at that point the acquired flying skill sets of the crew takes over. Domestic aircraft manufacturers design and build passenger aircraft under the regulatory compliance/oversight of the FAA, domestic airlines purchase and operate aircraft under regulatory compliance/oversight of the FAA. How much control does the FAA have over foreign airline purchasing and operations? Is it remotely possible the underlying causation of the tragedies originated with flight crew training, routine maintenance of the aircraft, ground handling and/or rudimentary weight & balance envelope criteria? In all the "finger pointing" surrounding the related tragedies, I've not heard any "armchair critiques" of the foreign airline's operational form, function, or compliance track record. As sad as these tragedies are, I'm thoroughly convinced neither the FAA, Boeing, or any domestic airline would by commission or omission intentionally put l

(Written on 20/09/2019)(Permalink)