[Skybird]

Boeing slides deeper into it.

https://www.dayandnightnews.org/faa-...t-year-source/

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20...m-woes-source/

The inspectors learned that Boeing had opted to make the malfunction signal optional and an extra that would cost more money.
This came after Southwest asked Boeing to reactivate the signal after the Lion Air crash, which killed all 189 people on board.
Boeing had deactivated the signal on all 737 Max delivered to Southwest without telling the carrier.
Neither the airline nor its pilots were aware of these changes when they started flying the planes in 2017, a spokeswoman for Southwest told AFP.

What the hell was Boeing thinking.

Called “disagree lights” in Boeing parlance, these lights turn on when faulty information is sent from so-called angle of attack sensors to the MCAS. Those sensors monitor whether the wings have enough lift to keep the plane flying.
In the case of the Lion Air crash, investigators think one of the angle of attack sensors may have failed and sent incorrect data to the MCAS, causing its nose to go down as pilots fought to bring it back up.
The MCAS overrides the pilots manual efforts to point the plane up or down.
With the angle of attack sensor not working properly, the thing to do would have been to turn off the MCAS. But the Lion Air cockpit crew did not know this.

What the hell was Boeing thinking. Heads must roll for this. Decision-makers must go behind bars. A a super-hefty financial penalty is on order. Additional to the damage compensations for the victims' families. And additionally to the compensations for the carriers whose fleets of 737 max are grounded.


What the hell were they thinking...???

A good news in all the bad news for the families of the pilots. The cheap get-out-of-dodge-theory of "pilot error" is almost ridiculous by now.