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Today on my blog I am going to be listing four reasons why the Boeing 737 MAX should've been grounded much earlier than it was. We all know the whole crisis going on with Boeing and people accusing them of not giving their 737 MAX pilots enough training, faulty software (MCAS) etc. etc. Obviously it was the right decision to ground them, but they should've been grounded much, much earlier. Here's why:

1.) The first 737 MAX flight was on January 29, 2016. The first incident - and this obviously wasn't JUST an incident - happened only 2 and 3/4 years later. Of course you could just say that's coincidence, but before the Ethiopian Airlines crash, people knew that this wasn't just your average aviation disaster. Apparently, the Lion Air flight's altitude started to fluctuate minutes after takeoff, and they made jerky movements, that would be odd if it was because of pilot error. If it was AP, they would disable it. If it was flight controls or trim, they would trim the plane and/or use flight controls, like the yoke. That is an unheard of kind of disaster, with vertical speeds and altitudes rising AND dropping dramatically in very short periods of time. And come to think of it - Ahh! There's that new MCAS system on the 737 MAXes! Immediately, in my honest opinion, right then they should've been grounded.

2.) LITERALLY, the DAY BEFORE the crash, there had been a similar malfunction in a 737 MAX 8, and thankfully, there was a pilot in the jumpseat that corrected the plane and stopped the fault. Just the FACT that the DAY BEFORE the disaster, there was a similar malfunction, that, without that pilot aboard, would've caused even more casualties, really means that they should've grounded them sooner.

3.) Think of it - every 737 MAX has the MCAS system. Therefore, every 737 MAX is at risk of having an incident due to that faulty system. Of course, people say, "well we don't know for sure the cause of the crash, why should we ground it?" If people knew what happened in the moments before the crash, they would think, "what else besides the MCAS could've caused it?" Nothing. That's the answer. There's no other system that's known to be that faulty or do what the MCAS does. And, again, EVERY 737 MAX has the MCAS.

4.) Honestly, this isn't as much of a why they should've grounded it opinion, as it is a "why did Boeing introduce this plane to all the airlines if they didn't have training yet?" and/or "WHY did they not give the pilots sufficient training for the 737 MAX?!?!" Yeah yeah, the MAX and NG have the same type rating, all that means is, the pilots don't NEED extra training to fly that aircraft, but they still should. It's true that the MAX shares a lot of similarities with other 737 models, but the MCAS system isn't a minor little system. It lowers the AOA to prevent stalls, and it COULD fault, therefore pilots should get training on how to use the MCAS system, and what to do if it faults. That is a very big difference between the 737 MAXes and other 737s.

There you have it my friends, four reasons why the 737 MAX should have been grounded much earlier.

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TheAviationEnthusiast