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That's part of the problem with the debate about this though: that's a never ending slope. What constitutes relatively inexpensive for the 1,000s of parts in an
by ethbro 8y ago
That's part of the problem with the debate about this though: that's a never ending slope. What constitutes relatively inexpensive for the 1,000s of parts in an aircraft?
There's a cost to human lives. We can quibble about what it is, but there's clearly a point where it is unreasonable and worse for society as a whole to make planes safer but more expensive.
They got it wrong here. But it's non-trivial to figure out without hindsight.
- torpfactory 8y agoI'd love to have been a fly on the wall in the meeting where they decided whether the feature should be standard equipment or an option.
- ethbro 8y agoI guess that's the cynical engineer in me too. Boeing is getting a lot of flack, but you know the airlines and FAA were in that proverbial room too. And I doubt American et al. were clamoring for more extensive mandatory retraining.