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> I would doubt Boeing was accurately able to assess the actual risk of MCAS causing a catastrophic failure or else the decision to rush to market wouldn't have
by linuxftw 8y ago
> I would doubt Boeing was accurately able to assess the actual risk of MCAS causing a catastrophic failure or else the decision to rush to market wouldn't have happened.
That's most likely because upper management has been cutting staff and not investing in their people.
They should be sued and fined out of business. Whoever picks up the pieces will know: "Don't cut corners, or it's absolutely ruins."
- bumby 8y agoI have no clue about Boeing's staffing practices but it's often the case in large organizations that the people trying to prudently hold up a project because it's not ready are looked at less favorably by those with "go-fever". I agree they should be held accountable but there's also blowback from bankrupting one of a nation's major aerospace manufacturers
- linuxftw 8y ago> I agree they should be held accountable but there's also blowback from bankrupting one of a nation's major aerospace manufacturers So let there be blowback. Flight costs will go up if they have to, nbd. If there's too big to fail, then just nationalize them and get on with it.
- bumby 8y agoI meant blowback bigger than just consumers pocketbooks. Issues related to national security because the nation just lost one of it's primary aerospace contractors. The "too big to fail" issue is an important one, though many Americans tend to hate the idea of nationalization because in their minds it's a social evil.
- linuxftw 8y agoYeah, it's a tough lesson. We shouldn't put all of our eggs in one basket. We have other aerospace contractors anyway.