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Ha, I suppose I can't change your mind! What industry have you worked in? I'm interested in your perspective and insights. After all I'm just armchair general-i
by nexuist 7y ago
Ha, I suppose I can't change your mind! What industry have you worked in? I'm interested in your perspective and insights. After all I'm just armchair general-ing at this point.
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y agoI was a software engineer in medical devices for over a decade. The regulatory agencies (FDA and the various agencies in Ireland, EU and other countries) behave in a similar fashion to the FAA. They acknowledge that the practitioners in the industry have far more experience and familiarity with the product that they do, so by necessity, they act mainly as oversight. In general, the industry is extremely quality-focused and would probably be so for a long time even without the oversight. That said, the companies will go to whatever length they can legally to not shoot themselves in the foot economically. So while I can't say that I know of any actual coverups or illegal behavior, I do know of cases where Problem Reports were analyzed to within an inch of their life to ensure that the business could legally and ethically avoid a product recall. You're building extremely complex systems and even with a sincere commitment to quality, things will go wrong. Is the 737-MAX fundamentally unsafe or poorly designed? I see nothing that even remotely hints at that.