Re: Repetitive uncommanded aircraft nose down conditions?
uncommanded aircraft nose down
You see this kind of writing a lot in investigations. It's the same language used if an elevator falls off or a hydraulic line fails and the airplane becomes partly (or wholly) uncontrollable, yet since it's "just" a computer we seem to be treating it as a lesser fault.
If this was the tailplane falling off these planes wouldn't even be in the air a year from now. MCAS had better be proven that it cannot ever provide an "uncommanded nose down" or the aircraft should not be recertified. Heck I don't think it should be certified anyway, considering the engine design results in "uncommanded aircraft nose up" within the normal operating envelope!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
