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The Human Factors Science Behind The 737MAX MCAS Problem and Why The MAX Should Be Scrapped

The Spin There has been a great deal of back and forth over the reasons two Boeing 737 MAX airliners took the lives of 346 innocent souls. At the core of the problem is the classic duality of man vs. machine. Were the crashes the result of incompetent pilots and failure to follow procedures (The Man) or was … Continue reading The Human Factors Science Behind The 737MAX MCAS Problem and Why The MAX Should Be Scrapped

FAA Ignores Human Factors Science in Tests Related to New Reduced Size Seats

The long fight between the airline industry/FAA juggernaut and passengers regarding the Incredible Shrinking Seat Problem (ISSP) is being explored in a new study run by the FAA that apparently does not follow the rigorous science behind human body size variation (physical anthropometry) and study design. It turns out that there is a robust and … Continue reading FAA Ignores Human Factors Science in Tests Related to New Reduced Size Seats