Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw

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Post by mbgaxyz » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:26 PM UTC

Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw
dallasnews.com

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Post by jcroll » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:49 PM UTC

> The News found at least five complaints about the Boeing model in a federal database where pilots can voluntarily report about aviation incidents without fear of repercussions.

Is this a lot?

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Post by rootusrootus » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:51 PM UTC

If I am reading the article correctly, the complaints all came after JT610? It would have been more damning if they had been complaining about this for the last couple years.

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Post by therealmarv » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:53 PM UTC

US media. Why do I need always a VPN from Europe? Beeing GDPR compliant is not rocket science. "Unfortunately, our site is unavailable to European Union visitors... blablabla".

UPDATE: And this news website even detects if I use incognito mode: "To continue reading, please disable private/incognito mode, log in, or enroll as a member" omg

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Post by _ph_ » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:55 PM UTC

therealmarv wrote: post #4

US media. Why do I need always a VPN from Europe? Beeing GDPR compliant is not rocket science. "Unfortunately, our site is unavailable to European Union visitors... blablabla". UPDATE: And this news website even detects if I use incognito mode: "To continue reading, please disable private/incognito mode, log in, or enroll as a member" omg

I was able to access the text via reader mode in Firefox.

(I am surfing from the EU)

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Post by DoofusOfDeath » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:56 PM UTC

therealmarv wrote: post #4

US media. Why do I need always a VPN from Europe? Beeing GDPR compliant is not rocket science. "Unfortunately, our site is unavailable to European Union visitors... blablabla". UPDATE: And this news website even detects if I use incognito mode: "To continue reading, please disable private/incognito mode, log in, or enroll as a member" omg

> Why do I need always a VPN from Europe? Beeing GDPR compliant is not rocket science. "Unfortunately, our site is unavailable to European Union visitors... blablabla"

If you think there's a compelling business case for enabling European access, you may wish to contact the publisher.

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Post by acqq » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:58 PM UTC

In the wake of the previous Boeing 737 Max crash:

"Boeing Co. withheld information about potential hazards associated with a new flight-control feature suspected of playing a role in last month's fatal Lion Air jet crash, according to safety experts involved in the investigation, as well as midlevel FAA officials and airline pilots."

"Safety experts involved in and tracking the investigation said that at U.S. carriers, neither airline managers nor pilots had been told such a system had been added to the latest 737 variant — and therefore aviators typically weren't prepared to cope with the possible risks."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18438607

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Post by FigBug » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:59 PM UTC

rootusrootus wrote: post #3

If I am reading the article correctly, the complaints all came after JT610? It would have been more damning if they had been complaining about this for the last couple years.

That's impossible, 737 MAX hasn't been in service for 2 years yet.

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Post by raverbashing » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:59 PM UTC

therealmarv wrote: post #4

US media. Why do I need always a VPN from Europe? Beeing GDPR compliant is not rocket science. "Unfortunately, our site is unavailable to European Union visitors... blablabla". UPDATE: And this news website even detects if I use incognito mode: "To continue reading, please disable private/incognito mode, log in, or enroll as a member" omg

Done with js, so you just need to stop or block it

But the article is very light on details

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Post by shawnz » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:59 PM UTC

therealmarv wrote: post #4

US media. Why do I need always a VPN from Europe? Beeing GDPR compliant is not rocket science. "Unfortunately, our site is unavailable to European Union visitors... blablabla". UPDATE: And this news website even detects if I use incognito mode: "To continue reading, please disable private/incognito mode, log in, or enroll as a member" omg

Wow, the incognito mode blocking is something I've never seen before. Disgusting. Hopefully Google corrects the bug which they are using to discover the incognito mode status.