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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (148094)4/28/2019 2:43:23 PM
From: Elroy Jetson1 Recommendation   of 219655
 
Engineers are "too blame" for every trade-off they make.

Boeing engineers "were to blame" for making the 717 "too powerful" so they sold only 180 or so. But now that they're out of production these more powerful, less fuel efficient 717s sell for more than they did when they were new because they can fly routes no other aircraft can without going to a much larger aircraft.

Likewise Boeing engineers could have been to blame for doubling the cost of the 737-max by making the landing gear too high, making the aircraft doubly undesirable, when a simply flight envelope limiter would eliminate the problem.

American and United fly a 737-max fleet with more experienced pilots. There's always complaints and they always get retrofitted as a result, but not crashes.

Ethiopia Air and Lion Air are to blame for hiring very inexperienced pilots to fly the 737-max. Boeing and Airbus sales reps are to blame to the extent they gave these airlines the impression that very inexperienced pilots are OK because their aircraft are highly automated.

These aircraft are highly automated until they're not because something like an AOA or an AIDRU fails. Then you quickly find out how goof your pilots are.

Passengers "are to blame" when they buy cheap tickets on strange little foreign airlines which employ unqualified pilots.
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