Little noticed, days before the holiday break, Boeing petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration for an exemption from key safety standards for the 737 Max 7 — the still-uncertified smallest member of its newest jet family.
Boeing at it again… Get away with what you can. Profits first.
A few excerpts from the article:
Michael Stumo, father of Samya Rose Stumo, who died in the second Max crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet in 2019, said, “Boeing claims to have learned its lessons with a new focus upon safety. That is not true … Boeing is still avoiding safety rules rather than building safe aircraft.”
“Boeing’s quantitative risk assessment evaluated this scenario to be extremely improbable,” the filing concludes.
“A pilot forgetting to turn it off, that’s all it takes,” said Jacobsen.
“All it takes is for the system to be left on and you damage the structure,” said Dostert. “I don’t see the multiple failures.”
“There’s a pattern here,” Dostert said. “Of Boeing knowing about potentially catastrophic single failures, and not addressing them in an expeditious manner.”
But Cox said “there’s a difference in an unsafe condition found on the existing fleet and an unsafe condition prior to certification.”
He said he’s uncomfortable with the idea of “certifying an airplane with an acknowledged potential unsafe condition.”
Boeing at it again… Get away with what you can. Profits first.
A few excerpts from the article:
Michael Stumo, father of Samya Rose Stumo, who died in the second Max crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet in 2019, said, “Boeing claims to have learned its lessons with a new focus upon safety. That is not true … Boeing is still avoiding safety rules rather than building safe aircraft.”
“Boeing’s quantitative risk assessment evaluated this scenario to be extremely improbable,” the filing concludes.
“A pilot forgetting to turn it off, that’s all it takes,” said Jacobsen.
“All it takes is for the system to be left on and you damage the structure,” said Dostert. “I don’t see the multiple failures.”
“There’s a pattern here,” Dostert said. “Of Boeing knowing about potentially catastrophic single failures, and not addressing them in an expeditious manner.”
But Cox said “there’s a difference in an unsafe condition found on the existing fleet and an unsafe condition prior to certification.” He said he’s uncomfortable with the idea of “certifying an airplane with an acknowledged potential unsafe condition.”