Is everyone forgetting that the crew on the flight previous to the crash flight had the exact same issue and resolved it? If that does not point to pilot training I don't know what does.....

(Written on 2019/10/16)(Permalink)

Yet another Islamic fundamentalist attempting to destroy our society.....

(Written on 2019/09/13)(Permalink)

No one sees the potential danger here? How tolerant was everyone going to be?

(Written on 2019/08/30)(Permalink)

Retire? He should go to jail....

(Written on 2019/07/12)(Permalink)

Let's assume it is all true. What are the damages to customers? I don't recall a Southwest plane crashing. Like to or not that is how a court will look at the lawsuit.

(Written on 2019/07/12)(Permalink)

Everyone is dumping on Boeing and running to Airbus. Has everyone forgotten how a known pitot tube issues and associated flight control software brought down a huge plane and killed bunch of people? How soon we forget.....

(Written on 2019/07/05)(Permalink)

Everyone is dumping on Boeing and running to Airbus. Has everyone forgotten about Air France 66 where a known pitot tube issue & the associated software brought down a huge plane and killed a bunch of people? How soon we forget......

(Written on 2019/07/05)(Permalink)

The NTSB has already indicated that there were light winds and no storm activity that would have causes Atlas Air crash. In fact, a United flight overflew the crash site less than 6 minutes after the crash and reported :moderate chop at worse". The storms to which ATC was referring were more than 20 miles to the west of the crash site to the airport.

(Written on 2019/03/01)(Permalink)

From the very beginning instrument pilots are trained to scan and review data from multiple sources/instruments to both determine the situation of the aircraft and to cross reference instruments to determine which if any are defective. If a plane is at a level flight attitude with a few hundred knots of airspeed at a nearly constant altitude and the engines running a with significant amount of power the software should be able to determine that even it the angle of attack indicator is reading 40 degrees positive the aircraft is not in a stall condition. Where does Boeing get these software code writers? To detect a high angle of attack indication and immediately lower the attitude based only on that is absurd.

(Written on 2018/11/07)(Permalink)

I agree a go around is always a good option - while one is in the air. Once on the ground and the wobbling starts the best choice is to ride it out. Sorry, but you are very wrong about the gear. It can stand extreme vertical forces without damage for exactly this reason. The gear is design to detach with extreme shear forces (Asiana 214) but vertically one would be shocked at the strength. I challenge anyone to show me one accident photo where the gear has popped through the wing....

(Written on 2017/10/09)(Permalink)