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Post by Leon on Mar 18, 2019 22:20:19 GMT
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Post by TheMark on Mar 20, 2019 13:36:50 GMT
I understand 104%. I have always believed that when Engineers design things, there must be a service tech as part of the team to prevent the Engineers from doing stupid shit. In cases like this, a pilot is also a requirement.
To engage my diagnostics, I have a USB flash drive dongle to certify I am an an authorized technician. On one model, the USB port I have available to me means I have to stick my head and both of arms up to the shoulder into the machine. One hand has the dongle, one has the flashlight to see what I am doing and my head so I can see where I'm inserting the dongle. a relocation of 18" to put that USB port where it's easy to access would have made every technicians life easier.
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Post by Arc on Mar 23, 2019 0:51:04 GMT
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Post by Leon on Mar 23, 2019 2:11:18 GMT
"Why the pilots on that flight didn’t perform the checklist that disables the system."
One thing that was a common denominator is that the airlines crashing are from 3rd world countries. How are the pilots tested?
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Post by Arc on Mar 23, 2019 20:34:43 GMT
"Why the pilots on that flight didn’t perform the checklist that disables the system." One thing that was a common denominator is that the airlines crashing are from 3rd world countries. How are the pilots tested? It happens worldwide but Third-Word countries and econo-prop shuttle type airlines are the worst. By the way, I've never mentioned it but airline crashes or near crashes and their causes have been a mini-hobby of mine most of my life.
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Post by allene on Nov 10, 2019 21:04:17 GMT
"Why the pilots on that flight didn’t perform the checklist that disables the system." One thing that was a common denominator is that the airlines crashing are from 3rd world countries. How are the pilots tested? Good question! When I flew on Aeroflot in 1993, that was going through my mind, too, as well as the poor condition of the planes.
Getting back to the 737MAX, it looks like I flew on these planes last year. The Canadian economy airline WestJet was using these planes. When I was going on vacation this year, I had one flight on WestJet, but by then they had pulled these planes.
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Post by TheMark on Nov 18, 2019 3:53:12 GMT
I remembered and just looked up Asiana 214 that crashed on landing at SF because the SKorean (student) pilot, just 43 hours in the 777 pilot didn't realize he turned off the auto-land by accident and caused it to come in short of the runway.
So, training and Boeing documentation again...
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