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> In instant messages sent in April 2017 complaining about the Max’s flight management technology, an employee wrote: “This airplane is designed by clowns who i
by okl 5y ago
> In instant messages sent in April 2017 complaining about the Max’s flight management technology, an employee wrote: “This airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys.” They referred to its “piss poor design” and urged: “Let’s just patch the leaky boat”.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/09/boeing-737-max-internal-messages https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/09/boeing-737-...
- jonplackett 5y agoAnd this is also a big time gov Defense contractor and space ship designer. No wonder people worry US is being caught up / potential surpassed by China.
- atlasunshrugged 5y agoYes exactly, at least now there is a push by places like JAIC, DIU, IQT to get more startups (or even companies like Google) involved in natsec but these legacy defense companies give me no comfort that they can deliver anything other than overpriced weapons systems only useful to fight an adversary like Iraq that had capabilities from generations before and no real defenses.