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Commercial Airliners
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You'd wonder if that happens everyday but only when someone has a dashcam is it recorded.
I would have shifted into my briefs if i'd been on that flight
Btw any thoughts on the Boeing Max crashes. My initial impression is Boeing have failed to do proper testing and training but you know far more about the subject.
I actually haven't paid too much attention to this yet. After reading briefly, it looks like bad autopilot systems, and it may be making corrections when these are unwanted. Apparently Dallas Morning News picked up on pilots complaining that it didn't run right and there have been NASA reports (anonymous pilot reporting system) on these issues as well. I don't know if it's Southwest or American (or both) that's flying these, but apparently pilots aren't happy. If that's the case, the fleet should stay grounded until Boeing figures out the problem and makes the appropriate changes.
A interesting article on the Boeing design
www.latimes.com
Must Reads: How a 50-year-old design came back to haunt Boeing with its troubled 737 Max jet
A set of stairs may have never caused so much trouble in an aircraft.
www.latimes.com
Another interesting article
www.seattletimes.com
Absolutely crazy confluct of interest to outsource the safety evaluation of the plane to engineers from the manufacturing company that pays their wages and can promote/ fire them.
Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing and FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system
Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers familiar with the documents shared details that show the analysis included crucial flaws.
www.seattletimes.com
Absolutely crazy confluct of interest to outsource the safety evaluation of the plane to engineers from the manufacturing company that pays their wages and can promote/ fire them.
Flying scares me to death. Have to do it about once a month because of work. Boeing stuff has not helped. Jack Daniels does.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Another interesting article
Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing and FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system
Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers familiar with the documents shared details that show the analysis included crucial flaws.
Absolutely crazy confluct of interest to outsource the safety evaluation of the plane to engineers from the manufacturing company that pays their wages and can promote/ fire them.
Yes, that seems like a really bad decision, and completely negligent by FAA to do their own job in oversight
A interesting article on the Boeing design
Must Reads: How a 50-year-old design came back to haunt Boeing with its troubled 737 Max jet
A set of stairs may have never caused so much trouble in an aircraft.
I don't get the article--the two Max crashes seem to be a result of bad data/software causing the autopilot to make in appropriate corrections. As a whole, the 737 seems to have a good safety record, and it certainly doesn't appear to be increasing with changes in later models. (Although the Max probably should have its own category in this list). I agree that Boeing should start with a new clean slate design (like the 787), but sometimes you should continue a model that works, and the 737 seems to work pretty well.
Plane crash rates by model
Chart listing the rate of plane crashes involving passenger fatalities in fatal events per million flights for selected airliner models.
alvinh
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Why was it again you became a pilot?
This page actually has some interesting things to say about fear of flying.
What is fear of flying?
Description of fear of flying, plus links passengers to information on how to deal with the fear of flying.
My only recommendation is to own your fears, as much as you can. And if you're the one flying, then no Jack until you safely reach cruise altitude and quit at least 15 minutes prior to descent.
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