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See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32643225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32643225 You can't get basic shit right, like pitching the F/A-18 as an

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32643225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32643225 You can't get basic shit right, like pitching the F/A-18 as an example of Boeing design competence. Then you ask people for their backgrounds without sharing your own? Leaning on implicit credentialism when your arguments wilt under criticism. Is it going too far for me to guess that you or some of your colleagues work for Boeing, and thus take Boeing's reputation personally? Boeing is a stinker, they have been for years and their contributions to SLS is just one example of this, of many. Crewed starliner should be aaaany day now, right? How many years behind crewed Dragon? Is Boeing's excuse that crewed Dragon started development 30 years before Starliner? If it were up to Boeing, America would depend on Russia to get to the ISS.

hef19898 4y ago
As far as my experience goes, 10+ years in aerospace, none at Boeing. Personally, I couldn't care less about Boeings reputation. I have enough experience so to realize that Boeing is a pretty strong aerospace company, both civilian and military. I also know that development cycles in aerospace are measured in decades, so an artificial limit to ten years is pointless and naive, it also shows a certain lack of insight by those putting that limit in place. I also know that a 737 MAX, a 747-8, a F/A-18 F and a F-15 X are by all means and purposes new planes conpared to their first gen ancestors. Failing to see that also shoes a lack of understanding. I do have an issue with people dumping on Boeing, using BS reasons, without any ubderstanding of what theybare talking about. Starliner? Sure, a true delayed program. MAX, as serious a fuck as they get in aerospace. Use those examples, but writting of Boeing as company as whole is more than one bridge to far. And for now, it is you and the commenter you linked whom resorted to personal attacks. Just saying. Usually, HN is better than that.

hef19898 4y ago

As far as my experience goes, 10+ years in aerospace, none at Boeing. Personally, I couldn't care less about Boeings reputation. I have enough experience so to realize that Boeing is a pretty strong aerospace company, both civilian and military. I also know that development cycles in aerospace are measured in decades, so an artificial limit to ten years is pointless and naive, it also shows a certain lack of insight by those putting that limit in place. I also know that a 737 MAX, a 747-8, a F/A-18 F and a F-15 X are by all means and purposes new planes conpared to their first gen ancestors. Failing to see that also shoes a lack of understanding. I do have an issue with people dumping on Boeing, using BS reasons, without any ubderstanding of what theybare talking about. Starliner? Sure, a true delayed program. MAX, as serious a fuck as they get in aerospace. Use those examples, but writting of Boeing as company as whole is more than one bridge to far. And for now, it is you and the commenter you linked whom resorted to personal attacks. Just saying. Usually, HN is better than that.