https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/business/boeing-flight-simulator-text-message.html

Edited October 18, 20196 yr by troyboy66

South West pilots are talking about taking Boeing to court.

Doubt they have a case that will stand up in court.  It is the airline that suffered and the pilots were not the owners of the aircraft.  I find it hard to see how they could prevail unless they find a good sympathetic Texas jury in a civil trial.

10 minutes ago, diajohn said:

Doubt they have a case that will stand up in court.  It is the airline that suffered and the pilots were not the owners of the aircraft.

Sure they do. There are a lot of psychological circumstances following the crash of those two aircraft that perhaps left a significant impact on the pilots state of mind. It's stressful enough to fly day in and day out, but back to back incidents in similar aircraft is enough to affect them emotionally.

Edited October 18, 20196 yr by troyboy66

Their case is that pairings built since the cancellations have been less productive than normal, costing them economically.

16 minutes ago, KevinAu said:

costing them economically

Plus that...I forgot to add 🙂

I don't think this will go away very soon. If it turns out that Boeing knew that this crazy computer was trying to kill people then it will be law suites for the record books. Man I am glad that P3d belongs to LM and not Boeing!!

4 hours ago, troyboy66 said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/business/boeing-flight-simulator-text-message.html

Anyway of reading the article without a subscription, keep getting pestered to sign up -  unless Australia is geo-blocked.

An actress just went to the Big House for paying a bribe to get her daughter accepted into college.  You think any Boeing execs will be headed there for Lion Air?

Nah...

Boeing stopped being innovative when they came up with this piece of junk:

Haha. Good one! The X-32 that lost out to the LM F-35. The F-35 has been no prize, so imagine how bad that the Boeing X-32 was. 

4 hours ago, Matthew Kane said:

Boeing stopped being innovative when they came up with this piece of junk:

Un bel avion est un avion qui vole bien (a beautiful aircraft flies beautifully)  Marcel Dassault

’nuf said.

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It was only after data suggested that MCAS played a role in the second crash that Boeing and the F.A.A. decided to ground the Max.

I was under the impression that European and other operators decided to stop all flights of the 737 MAX, and that this forced Boeing and the FAA to do the same.

"If it looks right, it flies right" is another way of putting it 

12 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

I was under the impression that European and other operators decided to stop all flights of the 737 MAX, and that this forced Boeing and the FAA to do the same.

China was the first country that grounded the MAX, then others followed. China is the largest operator, largest purchaser and has the most at stake in the MAX.

Edited October 19, 20196 yr by Matthew Kane