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> These five recurring themes paint a disturbing picture of Boeing’s development and production of the 737 MAX and the FAA’s ability to provide appropriate over
by leeoniya 7y ago
> These five recurring themes paint a disturbing picture of Boeing’s development and production of the 737 MAX and the FAA’s ability to provide appropriate oversight of Boeing’s 737 MAX program.
No, these five recurring themes paint a disturbing picture of Boeing’s development and production of ALL its aircraft.
- gpm 7y agoI don't think the statement even needs to be limited to aircraft. We can see the same themes in the development of the CST-100 starliner capsule (spacecraft).
- HarryHirsch 7y agoBoeing engineering has been systematically trained to paper over problems, even over the showstopping kind. A major aerospace contractor and one of the world's two manufacturers of widebody planes has been completely hollowed out. It's a national security issue, nothing less.
- ImaCake 7y agoI think this explains a bit of the fanboy love for SpaceX. It's the energetic little guy versus the corrupt lethargic vampires.
- HarryHirsch 7y agoThey want to deliver man-rated rockets but can't even construct a fuel tank that won't blow up. SpaceX has got its own set of problems.
- zlsa 7y agoYou're leaving out their 83 completely successful launches of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy[0] in favor of their R&D efforts. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_He...
- SilasX 7y agoHah, good catch! Reminds me of that Saturday Night Live sketch: “The big lesson of the Vietnam War: stay out of Vietnam!”
- pdonis 7y ago> these five recurring themes paint a disturbing picture of Boeing’s development and production of ALL its aircraft Not ALL; just all after the merger with McDonnell Douglas. Which means the 787 and the 737 MAX as far as commercial aircraft go.
- phire 7y agoDon't forget the 747-8 and the 777X. Both major new versions of old designs made post merger. Same kind of thing as the 737 MAX.