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There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67911193
The decision to cut the F-35 buy (unofficially) in favour of buying more "new" F-15EX fighters, costing about the same, is at best questionable given that as good as they are, the US really does have plenty of 1970s fighters. I know the official reason is that they didn't build enough F-22s, but, meh.
Tannin is probably right - if it comes down to it the US government will probably try to fuck Airbus to protect Boeing.
Depends on the scandal really, this whole 737-MAX debacle is massively embarassing for US industry in general, which has fallen from the almost infallible giant that won the Second World War, created the F4 Phantom, 707,747. F15 and F16, B52 etc to create a hideously expensive (if very capable) monster in the F-35 and now this mess.
It may be entirely unconnected... but it may not be.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I had that malarkey the other day with an Embraer 170 (won't name the airline), the skipper said he wanted to do a tactile check on the upper wing to see if it needed de-icing. It was cold, but very dry and since the thing had been refueled, it was unlikely to have much in the way of cold-soaked ice on the wings from chilled fuel already being in the tanks from the preceding flight.
Unfortunately for him if he was trying to pull the out of hours trick (not saying he was), there was a set of BP fueler steps in the equipment bay on the stand, so I dragged them over and the check was done in about two minutes, as opposed to waiting for an engineer to find some engineering steps and get out there with them. That was a thirty minute spin and I was TLing the flight, so there was no way I was going to let them get a delay and me cop for the blame by not providing the necessary equipment, any delay after that was down to waiting for the de-icing rig to turn up and since the pilot called for it and is aware it doesn't happen in five minutes, he then had to do the flight since they had paid for the de-icing!
Does what it said on the tin
For reassurance, they would still have redundancy.
The cabin pressure controller takes inputs from other systems and then drives the outflow valve to the required position to control the cabins pressure using a DC motor.
The 737 has three modes, Auto, Altn and Manual. The Auto system is two identical controllers that alternate between the primary 'Auto' controller and backup 'Altn' controller each flight. Even if you're operating in an Altn mode, you have the redundancy of a Manual mode.
I now return us to the main topic of would we actually get on board one of these things at the current time...
These things worry me because working in electronics I know how common intermittent faults are and how hard they are to pin down. But I think if a warning light came on ...even on one occasion then it needs to be investigated thoroughly to why it came on because electronically ... it could mean disaster looming elsewhere.
As a very simple example a mal functioning horn on a car for example can often be caused by a bad earth on the rear light cluster. I appreciate planes has multiple isolated power busses and breakers for different circuits but surely everything on a plane that's related to critical safely should be 100% before it's allowed to fly.
More bad news this morning ... loose bolts found on more Max 9's.
Even If I would get on a 8 or 9 in the future I would have no chance of getting the wife on one after this ... just too many incidents to feel safe.
This was, of course, while the MAX was being tested and certified and pre-pandemic, so I can't speak for the practices employed by the company after this period with regards to recouping costs from that period, so make of that what you will. Also the US and European functions of Boeing were separate operating entities, and obviously the FAA and CAA have completely different certification requirements with regards to new aircraft types.
Just my two-penneth.
From the comfort of my chair it's easy of me to state that I would refuse to board a 737 MAX if there was a last minute change of equipment. If that actually happened in the moment I think it would be a much harder decision to make, especially if other people were relying on you to be on that flight.
It's hard to believe that the fear of offending can be stronger than the fear of pain (or in this case, death), but you know what? It is.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.