Boeing has been around for a long time
The 737 has been around since the end of well the 60s and it's quite a remarkable aircraft
But lately Boeing's been kinda crapping the bed. I'm not gonna lie
And today we gotta kind of ask ourselves with all the things happening in the media
Can we trust Boeing especially the new 737 max? Is it gonna be safe? Is it gonna be good?
We're gonna figure that out today here on FTD facts. How's going everybody? Welcome to FTD facts
My name is Dave Walpole, and I hope you guys are all having just an amazing day
And yeah, you've probably clicked on this video because you already know about all the stuff that's happening with Boeing
You probably know the backstory
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But for some of you guys you might not know what is going on
So I'm gonna do a quick little recap before we get into asking the question can
Boeing be trusted. Let's roll
Now the boeing 737 max it's a rather new version of the boeing 737 very similar
But it's got new engines bells and whistles and all that lovely jazz and a computer system
Which i'm gonna get into now this particular version of the plane was released to the world on May 22nd
2017 however on October 29th
2018 one went down into the Java Sea and shortly after that on March 10th in 2019
Another went down and of course because of a worldwide incident like that
You got all these news companies that just picked up a story and ran with it now shortly after this on march 13th
2019 the faa made it mandatory that all
737 max planes be grounded immediately which resulted in a worldwide grounding
Countries are basically saying nanana
You can't fly these planes until you get them fixed and that's what Boeing's been doing a lot of damage control and as a matter
Of fact even shortly after that Boeing halted the production of the 737 max until they could figure out what was wrong
Interesting enough, you'd think that when something like this happens like a major plane being, you know, not really recalled
But ground and production halting you think that Boeing would lose a lot of money in the stock market
well, actually it really didn't on April 8th of
2019 the stock for Boeing dropped only 4.4 percent after the company said they were no longer producing these planes at least for a while
So the big question is yes, you're wondering it because you are probably a flier yourself. Can we trust the Boeing?
737 max can we trust Boeing as a company?
Well, let's take a look at this from a company perspective. A lot of analysts have stated that as soon as the Boeing 737
Max is back up in the air. The stock for Boeing is going to soar
so it's very imperative that Boeing get these planes not only operational and working but they also have to have a
Really clean and good safety record because although their stock is not like down
It's not really hurting too much, but it is in the penalty box
And if they don't fix it soon
It could really hurt the company to add to this
the grounding of these airplanes has caused an absolute nightmare for airline companies in some sense as of June 2019
People are still getting bumped around because of the grounding of these aircrafts
Keep in mind what you see and hear in the headlines is not immediately what you think people getting bumped?
It's actually quite low as a matter of fact for most airlines. It's about
0.32 out of a thousand people. However, that is still double of last year for some airline companies
But there are other companies out there like American Airlines and Southwest Airlines who've said now we haven't had any negative
things because of the grounding of the
737 max we're still good. Can we trust the company is still the main question and for Boeing?
Well, let's be perfectly honest. There is a story out there. That doesn't really bode Oh, too
Well for folks like you and me and that is Boeing knew about a sensory warning light problem
way back in the day and they said they weren't gonna fix it for three years until
2020 this particular warning tells pilots when the angle of airflow or wing degree don't match up
this is also called an angle of attack sensor or
oh, I
disagree
Alert and according to a US congressman. They stated that Boeing is now fixing the problem because of what happened
But Boeing did say that this was just a warning light issue
It had nothing to do really with the safety and performance of the aircraft. So I
Can see what they mean there but a warning light is very important
Another hit against Boeing currently, is that the US Federal Aviation?
Administration stated that Boeing parts and other planes may also be faulty
Now these parts are called the edge slat tracks that help move
The wings for additional lift boeing has stated even if these things were faulty in a lot of airplanes
It would not cause a hull loss of an aircraft that being said many airline companies around the world are checking to make sure
That they don't have these faulty pieces of equipment in their planes
Should also be mentioned that these slats were also made by a third party company and not bowing themself
But however, the biggest problem and I said I would talk about this is the software
Update now. This is the most recent news and this is the one you really want to pay attention to as of May 16th
2019 a Boeing made it clear that the company had completed its update of its software. This software is known as the maneuvering characteristics
Augmentation system which assists in flight control for things like pitch stability of the aircraft
this software has also been in testing since at least April 6th of
2019 through simulators and engineering tests
The reason they figured out that this was the issue that caused these incidents
Was that boeing discovered that the system was activated in the final stages of the flights now?
I'll get into a little bit of understanding the software in a little bit because
the one thing that he would be taken from that is when that thing was
Activated it would screw up so hard that it would put the plane into an uncontrollable
Nosedive and that's what happened with the software update
Now complete worldwide air officials are meeting to discuss the future of the plane as a matter of fact on May
23rd the FAA held a meeting with 33 global regulators to discuss this issue
And although Boeing has done its test the FAA will also need to conduct its own safety simulations
But as for the update to this system
It makes the software no longer kick in if there is a discrepancy of over five point five degrees with the plan of attack
Sensors that was those sensors that I mentioned earlier that had the warning light attached to it as well
now it takes measurements from multiple sensors instead of just one which helps really figure out how
accurate these sensors are on top of that now pilots can override the system and take control of the airplane if
Something indeed does go wrong
whereas in the past situation these alerts went off because of incorrect measurements that went into the computer and the system kicked in and
Unfortunately pilots couldn't take over the system and control the aircraft now. I don't know about you, but I think
Boeing you know, I'm just gonna do a little rant here. I don't know what the heck you guys were thinking
You you're like, I'm just gonna say this. I don't know about you
I mean, I know all you viewers you use your phones, you know your phones break down
I learned my lesson about technology years ago when I had the
3-ring of death on my xbox heck I learned my lesson about technology after watching The Terminator
You should never ever trust technology. It's always going to fail like I don't know what corporate boneheads
I mean you guys wear suits and you're supposed to be really really high up there and you guys
Like what happened because you guys trusted a computer system you fools and I don't know about you the viewer out there
But I feel like Boeing didn't necessarily do their historical homework because there's been a lot of problems with aviation
You know technology failing in the past for example, the f-22 Raptor
Which is also a Boeing aircraft made with Lockheed Martin in the past
It had a major problem with the computer giving the correct amount of oxygen to its pilots in high-g maneuver
Situations and that situation caused hypoxia memory loss and it wasn't good for the pilots
I don't know how Boeing didn't learn from this in the past. So it already makes me go
I don't know if I really really trust them because they're clearly not learning from things that happened in the past
So right now when it comes to the software update it's still in sort of limbo there still figuring things out
hopefully in a couple of months we'll know a little bit more but we don't know until that information comes from the FAA and the
worldwide regulators, but however, the biggest challenge I think for Boeing when it comes to you and me trusting them is
Simply you and me trusting them and they are not gonna have an easy time because of the stigma left behind with these planes
Because I don't know about you, but when you go flying and if you hear that, you're on a 737 max, you might just go
Wait a minute
What so the corporate image of the company is now one of the biggest things that they have to fix?
That being said in defense of Boeing there have been a lot of issues with past planes
I mean, like look at the list of bad things that have happened to Boeing aircrafts. It's just insane now
these are the ones that are written about when it comes to hull losses and unfortunately lives lost and also
I mean just it looks like a lot but you got to think how many flight hours there are up in the air
So it's actually quite low. So yes flying is still the safest way to travel
But to give you an idea their last major upgrade of the 737
Which was the ng or the next-generation version there were bad things that happened to that aircraft
Every single year it just happens for the ng series shortly after their release
They had major losses on September 29th
2006 and again on May 5th 2007 in both cases there were over a hundred people on board with no survivors
But the thing is if you think about it, it's kind of all forgotten about now
I mean that's kind of the thing is, you know, you don't think about those things that have happened in the past
It's just you know, it's time has let it go and I guess yeah
my morale is that time heals all wounds and makes us forget about a lot of
Different things because no matter how bad things get you will always forgive people
Anyways guys, that's it for me. I hope you guys like this video
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