Originally Posted by
GaryZ
I'm not certain if you fully understand FBW, but in this instance: it was NOT. In any event, the OP, and I hate to mention it, I said the same a couple of years ago on this very forum....long before the Monday morning quarterbacks took up the cause.
The Max is a POS, pure and simple...a great A/C company would have ditched it and and moved on to more elegant designs.
For AA it's certainly about money.
Realistically, it probably won't crash so much anymore, although I guess only time will tell....
You can assuredly take it up with the FAA, EASA and others; they seem to think MCAS or some form of protection was needed. The concept isn't materially different than
ADIRU or any other form of envelope protection.
Originally Posted by
Etheereal
That wasnt entirely part of the FBW system but more of the protection systems, which obviously will correct a "massive" increase of pitch like that. Remember that A321 that had a problem with the ADIRS, thats exactly an MCAS situation.
Right. I don't recall an a321 (jog my memory, if you would please), but I do remember a QF a333 that experienced something similar.