Posts by Brit Flyer

You're not Boeing to believe this, but... Another deadly 737 Max control bug found

Re: Word missing

The safety of my $24 million salary and bonus....$$$$$$

Re: The REAL problem

A bit like the Johnny Cash song " one piece at a time". A 1960s design , 1990s computers , 2015 engines and loads of other stuff = mess

Re: Very uneasy that IAG ordered 200 737 Max aircraft on Jun 18th

GE latest effort on the 777X not so great either.

The main thing driving innovation is engine design, the technology and reliability is amazing.

However it is highly complex and there will be challenges

Re: Very uneasy that IAG ordered 200 737 Max aircraft on Jun 18th

IAG's (British Airway) previous incarnation was BOAC , also known as the Boeing Only Aircraft Corporation.

History about to repeat itself?

Are Boeing employees brainwashed?

The level of loyalty to Boeing from some employees seems to verge on the fanatical , we are so great we cannot do anything wrong.

Does Boeing operate some form of brainwashing to create this type of culture.

Loyalty and pride are good , cult like fanaticism is not.

Boeing admits 737 Max sims didn't accurately reproduce what flying without MCAS was like

Work out required

Maybe you will need an extra qualification to fly the MAX , to be a body builder.

This really is a throw back to the 1960s. Parts of it belong in a museum.

If was no in the US, so who cares?

There is a lot of talk about how superior US flight crews are etc

In that case why were all of the "useless" pilots allowed to fly the plane with 2 hours on an ipad.

The solution is simple , allow it to fly in the US, ground it in the test of the world. When a decent simulator is available and crews have been properly trained then it can fly on probation

One accident and you are grounded!

Boeing - would you buy an aircraft from them?

Er....NO!

How can anyone unless they are a profit mad airline believe anything Boeing says.

Keep the damn thing grounded and Boeing should be forced to recertify the whole plane as a new type. Only when independent experts have gone over every inch of this bodge job can we be sure there are no more nasty surprises.

Black the MAX

'Software delivered to Boeing' now blamed for 737 Max warning fiasco

Re: Red herring

Maybe Boeing should take all of this high tech stuff out of its planes as it seems unable to cope with it. Just go back to dials etc and let people like Airbus to get on with the high tech stuff.

Re: Management's job

If you earn nearly $24 million a year you are likely to be good at blaming others and protecting your own backside

Boeing boss denies reports 737 Max safety systems weren't active

@anonymous coward

Totally agree and this has made people generally confident about flying. This is the really worrying factor that the way this is being handled undermines that ethos.

I have never boycotted sn aircraft in over 40 years , Antanovs and all I will never get on a 737 "Death" MAX.

Re: Flying on 737MAX

The CEO say he and other Boeing executives will be flying on the first flights.

Now would that be the ones in the US where many first officers have at least 1500 flying hours , lots of experience of 737 into "safe" airports.

I suspect no one will be on an airlines with limited 737 experience , relatively inexperienced pilots, hot and high conditions and challenging airports.

Pilots to blame not Boeing

So according to Boeing:

1. This is a great airliner - despite the fact it is yet another re-hash of a 1960s design, which has been pushed too far by putting massive new engines on it.

2. It is "so" identical to the previous versions that you just need a couple of hours on an ipad to fly it. This is despite the fact that the engines change the flying characteristics of the plane.

2. The fact that the MCAS system was linked to ONE sensor which breaks the golden rule about air safety.

3. The MCAS system which Boeing did not tell any of the pilots about initially was so powerful that it could over wealm crews and force planes to crash.

4. Even when Boeing decided to admit this system existed and gave some instructions on how to deal with it , they crashed.

5. The pilots were obviously to blame and Boeing are the poor innocent people trying to sort out this tragic mess created by others.

6. The fact that ex Boeing employees claim they were told to produce designs much faster to very tight budgets . I am sure that was their fault to.

I have had a lot of respect for Boeing and flown on most of their products over 40 year. The way this aircraft was designed highlights the worst in Corporate greed. The actions of Boeing after the crashes seem to focus on blaming anyone else apart from Boeing and getting the $$$$ rolling in asap.

Hopefully the global certification will not be railroaded by the FAA/Boeing alliance by allowing it back into the sky without proper pilot simulator training.

A minimum of 1500 hours to be a First Officer would be a good safety measure.

Boeing will fight the first like mad. Safety or Profit?