This is why Airbus is superior
You know because they actually have real regulations and consequences for not following proper guidelines in the EU
Also because it was made up of former WW2 engineers at the forefront of innovation including Messerschmitt lol. Boeing made big chungus prop bombers, never any jet fighters or even prop fighters. ^/s^
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Life will have it’s up and downs… Unless you’re using our autopilot, then it’s just pretty much down.”
fastandcurious@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The thing is MCAS fucking used to overpower manual commands, unless you actually followed some specific procedure to disable it
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, it would have been a completely horrifying and infuriating way to die, especially for the pilots who probably had a pretty good idea of what was happening but just never got told how to deal with it
Also, it just blows me away, the corporation as a whole got charged with felony fraud, fraud which caused the deaths of hundreds of people, and they still just get to be a company after saying sorry and paying a little fine. Like, when Fuckup Beauregard III decides to rob his local gas station with an unloaded gun and the clerk dies of a heart attack (or when his accomplice Cletus gets shot and killed by a responding police officer), the felony murder rule will kick in for him and say “someone dying as a result of your felonious behavior is legally equivalent to you intentionally murdering them,” but that sort of thing just doesn’t ever happen to rich and powerful people.
HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
They also only used data from a SINGLE sensor, which is a cardinal sin in aviation. The plane already has two angle attack sensors, and they even went so far as to make the alarm that warns when the sensors are mismatched a paid option. They wanted airlines to fucking pay extra for the privilege of knowing when something on their plane isn’t working properly.
HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
The Boeing Autoland feature is activating.
Please do not resist.