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Agreed, but that may not hold true at scale. It's like saying a $50 taxi ride is cheaper than a DUI. That only holds true for around 20-200 rides, and I've seen
by P_I_Staker 7y ago
Agreed, but that may not hold true at scale. It's like saying a $50 taxi ride is cheaper than a DUI. That only holds true for around 20-200 rides, and I've seen estimates that most people do more than that before they get caught (of course there's other ethical and practical reasons not to).
If I was to guess, there's a ton of this kind of stuff going on, and most of the time nothing happens. Not all boneheaded or sketchy engineering decisions cause catastrophe (or get caught). Also, my understanding is that this was a deliberate choice by Boeing, so more "safety engineers" wouldn't necessarily help. This is frequently the case with engineering disasters. The problems are with politics, management, even communication.