All in all, the FAA is finally doing its job. So the head of the FAA saying he will not grant RTS until he personally flies a MAX with his family in it is........ If I was not looking thru fanboy eyes I would say the head of the FAA is being personal rather the professional....but what do I know......
Jump to post"Admire the skill" ... landing an airplane in a crab. Honestly, it's not very hard to land an airplane while its still angled into the wind. I always LOL every time I see these posts. The real skill is by pilots landing a plane that CANNOT be landed/side loaded in a crab! Awesome, after y...
Jump to postZeke, perhaps the poster was trying to say, fly as you train and train as you fly, which is a popular term in many training organizations I have been in. Our normal company limits for first officers is far more restrictive than the aircraft limits (10-15 kts crosswind), however in the simulator for...
Jump to postI'm sure that the aircraft reacted "as designed" as well as that the CPT's inputs were objectively inadequate. The question is whether the designed behavior of the aircraft (especially, the phase shift introduced by lagging elevator actuation) is conducive to pilot's overreaction? No idea...
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