Boeing says it has corrected simulator software of 737 MAX jets

[turbinetree]

Source: Reuters

Business News
May 17, 2019 / 9:51 PM / Updated 2 hours ago

(Reuters) - Boeing Co has made corrections to simulator software that mimics the flying experience of its 737 MAX jets, which were involved in two fatal crashes, and the company has provided additional information to device operators, a spokesman said on Friday.

The spokesman, Gordon Johndroe, said the changes will ensure that the simulator experience is representative across different flight conditions and will improve the simulation of force loads on the manual trim wheel that helps control the airplane.

The comments came after the New York Times on Friday reported that Boeing recently discovered that the flight simulators airlines use to train pilots could not adequately replicate conditions that played a role in the 737 MAX crashes.

“Boeing is working closely with the device manufacturers and regulators on these changes and improvements, and to ensure that customer training is not disrupted,” Johndroe said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-airplane-boeing/boeing-says-it-has-corrected-simulator-software-of-737-max-jets-idUSKCN1SO01T

[dem4decades]

1. Yeah? No thank you. Keep your shitty jet away from me.

[PSPS]

2. People will still avoid flying on the things.Boeing's looking at "rebranding" to conceal what it is.

[SunSeeker]

3. Who the fuck would trust Boeing after all that happened? nt

[TheBlackAdder]

4. Mission Accomplished!

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[dalton99a]

8. +1

[I_have_had_enough]

22. Kick

*snicker

[oasis]

5. Presto, and it's fixed. All aboard! nt

[Maxheader]

6. I always thought boeing was procedural heavy...

Had no idea how heavy until I worked for other aircraft corps...sikorski, airheadbus, cessna..

No comparison..and that's just the structural side..everything else, flight safety..systems etc.
were just as regulated...And the aircraft longevity and safety records, were testimony all these "rules".
paid off.
To see all these issues...large and obvious misses..Simulator doesn't action into the problems of the downed
aircraft..? Geeze...

[whistler162]

7. TEll ya what on every 737 flight for the next

6 months or so put the Board of Director's and the Heads of all departments on the flight. Then we might think it is fixed.

[Steelrolled]

9. I'm ready to get on one!

Probably the most thoroughly tested flight software in years,

[IronLionZion]

12. If you fly Southwest, you probably will get on one

[Angleae]

14. Not likely. Only about 30 of their 700+ planes are MAX.

That plane is too new for anyone to have a large inventory.

[IronLionZion]

17. They have the most of any airline

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47523468

Southwest famously uses only Boeing 737 planes, to reduce maintenance costs. You're right that they only have about 34 MAX currently. They have another 281 MAX planes ordered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_737_MAX_orders_and_deliveries

[Angleae]

20. But still less than 5% of their total fleet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_fleet

[NurseJackie]

11. If I can possibly find a way to avoid doing so, I'll NEVER fly anywhere on a Boeing jet... EVER.

[Delphinus]

13. Who wants to be on the

next flight? I sure wouldn't.

[rickford66]

15. This should have been the first thing done after the first crash.

Keeping the sim current to the fleet would be the standard procedure, unless the sim was built to a different tail number than the two that crashed. I've worked on sims for Boeing aircraft and there were always slight differences between tail numbers and each sim is built to the specs of a particular tail number. Occasionally when the airline crew questioned something on our sims, they would have someone check that particular tail number for confirmation. My ex-workmates and me figured they'd immediately be duplicating the crash scenarios. Actually, this whole problem should never have happened. If the data supplied to the sim manufacturer and the avionics had current s/w, an AOA malf would have exposed this before aircraft production. This could be a case where changes to the airdata computers were made on the aircraft without sim updates and testing. The FAA may have let this slide ?

[Aussie105]

16. OK!

They fixed the simulators. Well done! I'd be happy to go up in one - a simulator, that is.

Now, fix the actual MAX planes already.

[dalton99a]

18. +1

[cvoogt]

19. Now they just need to update the flight manual.

.. which mentions MCAS only once (link). And their iPad training for pilots did not mention MCAS at all. Criminal negligence fueled by greed / fear of investors at the top of Boeing.

[Dawson Leery]

21. I'll pass on the "Flying Pinto".

[Aussie105]

23. 1,600-page flight manual

Flight manuals? Is this still a thing?

Unlike a workshop manual for a car, you can't just park for 10 or 20 minutes to look something up, something you don't understand how it works, but you know it's not working right . . .

Must be better things to do when you are driving a MAX plummeting out of control than to read a 1,600 page manual.

How about a onboard database, type in a search phrase, up comes info on what is does, how to switch it off if it stuffs up.
How hard can it be? Maybe WikiPedia can help? Google?