Is it SAFE to Fly on New Boeing B737 MAX? Boeing Pilot opinion.

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The FAA cleared the Boeing B737MAX to fly again. It was grounded for long 18 month and back in March of 2019 no one knew that it will not be flying for such a long period. Boeing released the new updated version of B737MAX, they call it B737-8 now. And depends on modification it will be called B737-7, B737-8, and B737-9. So no more MAX in it's name, but I think everyone will continue to call it MAX. After the new update if everything will be as Boeing and FAA stated I can definitely say that New B737MAX is safe airplane to fly. I would like to fly that airplane. Unfortunately the fault design, poor pilot training and lack of information about the MCAS led to two deadly accidents of B737s. It is a hard lesson for Aviation industry to remember that aviation safety cannot be exchanged for extra profit or extra income. We should put the safety first. In other case you will loose the reputation, money and the most precious thing that we have, human lives.
I am sure about new version and I am sure that B737MAX will be as safe as B737NG that I fly right now or even more safer.

Link to Boeing737 MAX update page:

Link to FAA info:

Lion Air B 737MAX Accident Full report:

Ethiopian B737MAX Accident Full report:

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[gmendes]

Can we all appreciate he read and liked almost every single comment on his video?

[stevederebey]

I have over 8, 000 hours in the B-737. 200, 300, 500, and 700 only. What Boeing did in not advising pilots of this MCAS system is criminal. Excellent explanation!

[wolffram]

A very clear explanation of how corporate greed and regulatory incompetence are MANY times more important than consumer safety.
Once again the value of money exceeds the value of human life!
Thank you Boeing. Thank you FAA.

[PilotBlogDenys]

I read all of your comments. Tell me what do you think... You are awesome!

[jacobzimmermann]

Finally a clear and concise explanation of the situation and the fixes, thank you very much for making this video! But I just wonder, how is it even possible that Boeing would release an aircraft with a MCAS that 1) could automatically take the plane outside of its safe flight envelope, 2) depended on a single sensor without thinking of what would happen if that sensor ever malfunctions, and 3) was not even mentioned in flight manuals or pilot training? This was criminal negligence that caused the deaths of over 300 people.

[makavelitt]

One of the easiest to understand explanations I have seen on YouTube regarding the 737 Max issue. Thanks for sharing Captain.

[sapede]

To stop having big holes on the cheese, big rats might need to be removed.

[peterarvaszulu]

You have explained it better than Boeing themselves.

[michaelallen]

I've been working on jets for 32 years, I've changed a handful of angle of attack sensors...they are very reliable, what fails are the AOA heaters. With 2 this will never happen again, the chance of 2 failing at the same time is zero. Also the pilots are all hyper aware that will be flying this plane, the software only allows one pitch down and if the sensors disagree the system is disabled. 100 percent non issue now.

[paulac]

Thank you so much for making this video! Many of us are flying the MAX because we have no other options and this video makes me way more calm. Once I know how things work and I can understand myself I get relaxed.

[iamtheiconoclast]

You've explained it very well, but I still can't get over the fact that they didn't see the crashes coming. I mean, fancy reasons aside, at the end of the day they programmed an aircraft to pitch automatically down toward the ground, against pilot input, based on information from a single sensor with no redundancy, and seemingly with not a single thought as to the consequences of a false positive reading from the alpha vane. What the hell did they expect was going to happen?? How can anyone have ever thought this was a good idea?

[whothou]

I'm just upset no higher ups were jailed... For this obvious mishap by forcing through the process to green light it for flight for money purposes.

Countless lives lost, people who have lost family all because of corporate greed.

Just leaves a bad impression on me, it'll be impossible to look at this plane and think anything positive.

[johnbest]

I have design autopilots, have an MS in aero form MIT. This situation troubles me. This situation raises fundamental design methodology issues. This is not the place for a major technical argument but let me raise one fundamental issue. The angle of attack is a much more complex flight parameter in this age of variable geometry AC than in was when flight control augmentation systems were first invented. Pitch, roll and Yaw are fundamentally inertial variables, and little has changed in regard to their utilization as feedback variables. Angle of attach is completely different. One could say it is an indicator of air speed direction at a particular sensor location. At a given time it's different all over the AC surface.This has impacted the 737, but really is an issue for all modern large AC. The Angle of attach sensed near the nose of an aircraft infers the angle of attack of the main wing through a complex relationship. This is a serious issue. I would agree with the Brits who are bucking for multiple aoc sensors.

[Veterans_for_Harris]

Very interesting. I was in Acquisition for the USAF for 35 years but I worked in Avionics, not flight controls. The Air Worthiness has become very controlled process. I'm surprised that the AOA system was not at least double redundant. With triple redundancy the flight control computer would be able to compare the different inputs and pick the two that agree the most. Computers require good input to provide good output.

[LunaticTheCat]

After what happened with the 747 Max, I'm going to have a hard time ever trusting Boeing again. It's clear that as a company they are willing to put profit over safety and even though the 747 Max is now safe, the culture of profit over safety is still something that exists at Boeing and because of that I will always be weary of them.

[suziedittrich]

I’m flying for the first time in 3 years on a 737 max . This helped to calm my nerves . Thanks for this explanation

[tonyowen]

Cleared up a lot of the mystery regarding the MCAS on the Max; why the crashes happened. The next thing in line, is the PROPER pilot training for this aircraft. Like the idea that MCAS has a limit on how much pitching down it is allowed to do, and that it can be disconnected using the switch on the yoke.

[samrossi]

I usually avoid commenting about controversial topics but i really want to speak about this.

I think creating the MCAS is a great thing and I always support innovation that's how we progress in technlogy.
However, Boeing created MCAS not for science advancement reasons but for economical reason.

They could have still sold the 737 Max even without the MCAS, even by forcing pilotes to do extra training, airlines would want to invest because the engines efficiency is very tempting. But Boeing wanted to create the deal of the century by making it not only fuel efficient but Also no training required, as i said MCAS is a good thing but created for the wrong reasons.

I'd be honestly happy to See some officials doing jail for this.

rip to all the victimes.

[kristofergislason]

I feel like he’s looking into my soul😂

[litewavve]

"We make mistakes, we are not perfect like machines" Hahaha! I hope that "the machines" didn't mean 737Max.