Stalking is not freedom of speech. Not allowing someone to track your movements is not in itself sinister.

(Written on 12/16/2022)(Permalink)

Actually, the sim can replicate the thousand decision points. That is its purpose.

(Written on 05/16/2021)(Permalink)

Why?, because they are serving MORE passengers?

(Written on 05/08/2020)(Permalink)

Where's the One?

(Written on 11/01/2019)(Permalink)

From the article: To fit the Max's larger, more fuel-efficient engines, Boeing had to position the engine farther forward and up. This change disrupted the plane's center of gravity and caused the Max to have a tendency to tip its nose upward during flight, increasing the likelihood of a stall. MCAS is designed to automatically counteract that tendency and point the nose of the plane down when the plane's angle-of-attack (AOA) sensor triggers a warning.

(Written on 04/06/2019)(Permalink)

I don't disagree with your point, but there are other factors involved with the design of the MAX. https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-design-quirk-may-have-complicated-ethiopian-airlines-flight-2019-4

(Written on 04/06/2019)(Permalink)

I think the root of the problem lies in the decision to put the larger engines on an airframe with insufficient ground clearance without changing the landing gear. Tucking the engines tighter to the wing seems to have changed the stall characteristic of the old wing design. Definitely an economic decision which seems to have backfired for now.

(Written on 04/06/2019)(Permalink)

For a very long time there has been a perception that Boeing leaned toward the pilot first and the software second, and that Airbus used the opposite philosophy. Boeing now seems to have changed their approach, by implementing flight software that cannot be easily overridden. If you don't trust a pilot's ability to fly the airplane, why is he there?

(Written on 04/05/2019)(Permalink)

The difference being the 787 is still in production.

(Written on 02/15/2019)(Permalink)

That would be the person who posted the article.

(Written on 12/15/2018)(Permalink)