...We Should All Be Concerned.
What it's all about this time Alfie?
Well, according to Hiroko Tabuchi and David Gelles, not to mention the front page of the NY Times...
This:
As the pilots of the doomed Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia fought to control their planes, they lacked two notable safety features in their cockpits.
One reason: Boeing charged extra for them...
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...Boeing’s optional safety features, in part, could have helped the pilots detect any erroneous readings. One of the optional upgrades, the angle of attack indicator, displays the readings of the two sensors. The other, called a disagree light, is activated if those sensors are at odds with one another...
The thing is, preventing such occurrences, unlike, say, crazy people doing unthinkable things in school houses and places of worship with weapons, is easy.
If you get my drift.
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5 comments:
it is my understanding there are to be investigations into that along with whether there was "political" interference to have the jets passed as safe. No wonder Ethiopia sent the black boxes to Germany. The U.S.A. has become a nation in decline and now not even their expertise can be relied upon. The news today reported one foreign country had cancelled a large order for the jets. this is not how to improve an economy but Trump and his friends are too stupid to notice things such as that.
I don't think safety equipment on any jetliner carrying passengers should be an option ..EVER
Three key entities were involved in this travesty whereby aircraft were deliberately flown at a level below optimum safety. Manufacturer, regulator, and operators.
The manufacturer’s CEO is a big Trump fan, having contributed $1 million to his inauguration and visiting him at Mar-a-Lago, the new seat of American government. The two communicate frequently, including during the period Max planes were still in the air in the last place on earth they could fly and the CEO was pleading with his buddy that the Max should remain aloft. Recent stories have also surfaced about Boeing air tankers being delivered to the Air Force with trash and manufacturing tools inside after not being discovered on pre-delivery inspection.
The regulator is understaffed, led by an acting head ever since Trump’s unsuccessful attempt to install his demonstrably unfit and unqualified personal pilot as its leader. It has been reported that the regulator and the manufacturer were working on a fix to what they both knew was an urgent safety issue after the Lion Air disaster, but that was delayed considerably by Trump’s government shutdown.
The operators, perhaps thinking of the quaint past when the regulator regulated in the public interest and the manufacturer didn’t enjoy a virtual monopoly and an unseemly role in regulation, apparently believed the hype that the standard Max was safe to fly and their 737 pilots would need no expensive retraining. Interesting to note that Garuda is cancelling its $5 billion Max order but still plans to go with Boeing aircraft of another type to satisfy its requirements.
On a more hopeful note, the FBI has issued multiple subpoenas in a criminal investigation into how the Max was certified and marketed, so perhaps the prospect of some jail time will restore the required attention to detail.
346 lives too late.
This sounds a lot like $NC-Lavalin and Federal Liberal$
state capture?
regulatory capture?
corpotocracy?
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