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> They are banking on the general public forgetting about it over time. Which has happened in the past. Which almost always happen. Good strategy. Works for po
by sametmax 7y ago
> They are banking on the general public forgetting about it over time. Which has happened in the past.
Which almost always happen. Good strategy. Works for politicians, abusive spouses, big companies. What incentive would they have to do otherwise since society most often offers short outburst of rage, then focuses on something else ?
- TomMckenny 7y agoRegulatory agencies that actually work for the public interest would be a good start.
- WalterBright 7y agoWhat would be gained by destroying Boeing? And what would be lost?
- sametmax 7y agoThat's also how people defended slavery.
- dang 7y ago"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- rossdavidh 7y agoYou don't need to destroy Boeing, but we do need to tell them to suck it up and design a new plane. The sooner, the better.
- WalterBright 7y agoThere's nothing wrong with the 737MAX airframe. It's a software problem with the MCAS system.
- tyingq 7y agoSome might argue the engine placement is very awkward to accomodate the low slung wings. With predictable outcomes, like MCAS.
- WalterBright 7y agoSwept wings are also unstable, requiring a yaw damper, and crashes have resulted from inoperative yaw dampers. Of course, we could demand a return to straight wings, but then air travel would be a lot slower.
- tyingq 7y agoThe low mounted wings on the 737 are serving a no longer needed niche. They were there to accommodate rolling air stairs, where you walk into the tarmac and walk up aircraft-internal steps to board the plane.
- WalterBright 7y agoThe last time I flew on a 757 (a couple months ago) I got on and off on the rolling air stairs.
- tyingq 7y agoRolling is different, I shouldn't have used that term. The 737 can be deplaned with stairs that are integral to the aircraft.
- jpdus 7y agoRyanair does still use the internal 737 stairs at some airports in Europe.
- salawat 7y agoUnassisted non-compliance with FAR 25.173 begs to differ. Keep in mind MCAS would not have existed to malfunction if the airframe was capable of complying with existing regulations unaided. This fact alone means that the airframe does have something wrong with it.
- renox 7y agoNot sure, ensuring 1) that the regulation organisms do their job instead of relying on Boeing 2) that the 737 Max MCAS system relies on 3 sensors seems good enough no?
- tgsovlerkhgsel 7y agoThe perceived cost of making business decisions that are cheaper but have the potential to kill people would go up.