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Boeing (with the collusion of the FAA) deliberately withheld information about the capabilities of MCAS, even after it was discovered that the original concept
by mannykannot 3y ago
Boeing (with the collusion of the FAA) deliberately withheld information about the capabilities of MCAS, even after it was discovered that the original concept was insufficiently powerful to achieve the intended purpose. There was no intention to cause harm, but all reasonable and expected prudence was completely subordinated to maintaining profit margins. Something similar could, of course, be said of this joker.
- hef19898 3y agoNot going into details of aircraft certification, I am only loosly involved there, but the FAA and the EASA actually allow certifies manufacturers to do a lot of the certification work on aithorities behalf. Calling that collusion is plain ignorant.
- mannykannot 3y agoA privilege which was thoroughly abused here, becoming de-facto collusion.
- hef19898 3y agoOh man, collusion requires two parties, not one abusing trust of the other. Kind of pointless so to discuss any further so, it seems.
- mannykannot 3y agoThe way Boeing and the FAA worked together in this case abused the trust put in them (and especially the latter) by the general public. Your attempt to portray me as clueless is backfiring rather spectacularly.