Another Boeing 737 Max crash

[Huntn]

According to a senior Boeing executive, the documents include new messages from Mark Forkner, a senior company test pilot who complained of “egregious” erratic behavior in flight simulator tests of Boeing’s MCAS anti-stall system, and referred to “Jedi mind tricks” to persuade regulators to approve the plane.

Boeing 737 Max: new 'troubling communications' sent to regulators

A senior executive says the company has handed over more messages from test pilot who complained about anti-stall system

www.theguardian.com

No wonder Dennis Muilenburg had to go...

Boeing ousts chief executive Dennis Muilenburg

Company battles to regain trust after two fatal crashes involving 737 Max planes

www.theguardian.com

I’m not up to speed but one of the complainist, activists who lost a family member in one of the crashes said that changes in the FAA oversight development role was changed to allow issues to be internally handled by the company, versus being stopped in their tracks by an outside agency, the FAA, as a causal factor.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Boeing Mocked Lion Air’s Calls for 737 Max Training Before Deadly Crash

 

[LizKat]

To me, Boeing's conclusion in having figured from averaging some simulated experiences that a four-second response to the alarm circumstance in question was "the average" and so would be fine... and yet knowing that anything over a 10-second response would likely cause a fatal dive... just seems preposterous.