ploumJan 24, 2024

When I graduated as an engineer, a friend told me "How do you feel entering a plane when you know that people like us build it".

I’ve worked several years in the automotive industry and saw how software was done there.

When the 737-MAX crashed, I entered into the rabbit-hole and built a really good understanding of the software issue.

The results are:

- I don’t board a boeing plane anymore.
- I avoid cars as much as I can.
- I be sure to recommend cars with the less possible software.

Show threadtntJan 24, 2024
@ploum Watch a bunch of the Mentour Pilot videos .... then you won't want to board airbus either 😅
Show threadploumJan 24, 2024

@tnt : I admit that there’s no particular reason why Airbus would be better.

But the 737-MAX decision to decide to fix the structural imbalance resulting from bigger engines with a software messing with pilot’s control in order to not have to go to the certification process of a new plane is completely criminal.

While everything else I saw in the automotive industry was pure incompetence (to a level that no coder can even imagine)

Show threadMartin JostJan 24, 2024
@ploum @tnt
And then - as far as I understood - use one pivot tube to measure airspeed for that
I always assumed for critical sensors there are (at least) three for a 2 out of 3 majority decision(?)
Show threadploumJan 24, 2024

@godot @tnt : pivot tubes also fail. Even when there’s three of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

Air France Flight 447 - Wikipedia

Show threadtnt
@ploum @godot Or somehow you forget to remove all the "Remove Before Flight" covers from them. See Malaysia Airlines Flight 134 .
Jan 24, 2024 at 3:01pmWeb