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Spin Zone / Re: Boeing CEO resigns!
« on: December 23, 2019, 10:03:22 AM »Southwest demanded that the Max be on the same type rating as the other 737's, or they wouldn't buy it. This is one of the major reasons you see the latest models of the 737 with the hodgepodge cockpits that look modern with 1960 switches and guages scattered about. Southwest had a lot of input into the 737Max so they could keep a common type with only differences training. Boeing felt pressured to comply to keep from losing a major customer.I knew all of that, but I fail to see how SW could be culpable of anything. They made a demand of their supplier, and their supplier acquiesced, unwisely as it turned out.
The Max was so different from the other 737 types that Boeing was doing some "creative" writing in the documentation to obscure some items that would have thrown the Max into another type. The MCAS was a part of that.
Boeing screwed up by trying to appease the customer and the FAA screwed up by letting Boeing self certify the product and not providing adequate oversight.
The swiss cheese model. Boeing should have been frank with SW and told them what they wanted wasn't going to be feasible. The FAA should have been more proactive. SW should start looking to a future with a new type.
The 737 has gone about as far as that model can go. Remember it's a mid 60's design airframe.