Former air carrier pilot reported concern with the lack of attention being paid to angle of attack a...

Narrative:

I don't see the attention being paid to the failure of the aoa and the air speeds system on both the [maximum 8 accidents]. Clearly MCAS has played a role; but the trigger was the two input (or adding to the confusion with air speed issues). Why do we have both in both crashes and why is aoa suddenly unreliable when no reports of stick shaker in the 737NG group aircraft? The systems are not linked in any way other than computer outputs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Former air carrier pilot reported concern with the lack of attention being paid to Angle of Attack and Airspeed systems issues following the recent B737 Max accidents.

Narrative: I don't see the attention being paid to the failure of the AOA and the Air Speeds system on both the [MAX 8 accidents]. Clearly MCAS has played a role; but the trigger was the two input (or adding to the confusion with air speed issues). Why do we have both in both crashes and why is AOA suddenly unreliable when no reports of stick shaker in the 737NG group aircraft? The systems are not linked in any way other than computer outputs.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1627587
Time
Date	201903
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	No Aircraft
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 0 Flight Crew Total 250
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Former air carrier pilot reported concern with the lack of attention being paid to angle of attack and airspeed systems issues following the recent B737 max accidents.