In this episode – available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts – co-hosts Max Flight and Mary Kirby discuss the number one #PaxEx news story making headlines – the grounding of the entire world fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after the tragic crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board.
After Mary breaks down the timeline of events that led to the United States’ decision to ground the MAX, after most countries had already done so, Max and Mary explain why, irrespective of the findings of the investigation of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash, passenger fear and public perception is valid. An industry that ignores passenger fear does so at its peril.
Max and Mary also look at the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System [MCAS] – the technology at the heart of the discussion around MAX safety - and consider whether the relationships between major US corporations and the FAA have grown too cozy.
Episode 034: Aviation industry indulges in patent application binge
Episode 033: How the A350 is setting a standard for inflight well-being
Episode 032: New aircraft, new routes: welcome A320neo and 737 MAX
Episode 031: Getting real about Virtual Reality in aviation
Episode 030: Self-Service Functionality and Robot Personality
Episode 029: Political Race as Metrojet Probe Continues
Episode 028: Seats, Lies and early window Videotape
Episode 027: Crash Investigations and Laser Incriminations
Episode 026: Bells, Whistles and Lipstick on a Pig
Episode 025: Passenger Personalization and Data Rationalization
Episode 024: Hacker Claims and Inflight Games
Episode 023: Aircraft Seat Shenanigans Feature at AIX
Episode 022: Flight Data Streams and Indian Aerospace Dreams
Episode 021: Gulf Competition and Cyber Suspicions
Episode 020: Physics and Economics do Battle in the Cabin
Episode 019: Aviation Geek Wishes Come True
Episode 018: German Ingenuity and Expedia Acuity
Episode 017: Baggage Innovation and Wi-Fi Integration
Episode 016: Fierce Competition and Blind Recognition
Episode 015: Passenger Experience features in Farnborough Fun
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