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If the Boeing 737 MAX nicely demonstrates why this is an awful idea.
by jahewson 3y ago
If the Boeing 737 MAX nicely demonstrates why this is an awful idea.
- thfuran 3y agoYou're saying you think defective planes/poorly trained pilots would be less common in the complete absence of rules regarding certification of pilots or airframes?
- mywittyname 3y agoIf anything, Boeing 737MAX demonstrates how effective regulations have been. I bet you'd have to look up another similar event, because they are so rare. People lost their shit over the 737MAX. Boeing lost a ton of money and credibility. It made everyone realize that strong regulations need to be maintained and how it's a bad idea to allow manufactures to review their own product. It's also likely to result in even more regulations and a executives at Boeing being criminally tried. Regulations are incredibly effective, but you can't go soft because they are working. Regulators have to be ever vigilant and politicians who push for softening of regulations need to be voted out of office. We are finally starting to see that conspiracies to skirt regulations constitute criminal behavior by senior company leadership, this is a good thing for the public.
- thfuran 3y ago>and politicians who push for softening of regulations need to be voted out of office. I'm not sure I really see a distinction between that and a hardline tough on crime position. Not all laws/regulations are good and even an ensemble of individually good rules could be problematic in aggregate. Though in the current political climate, I would tend to agree that those pushing for reducing regulation are mostly not doing so as part of a well-intentioned effort to reduce adverse effects of regulation for the public good.
- midoridensha 3y agoAs I've said countless times before here, the 737MAX software had nothing wrong with it. It performed exactly the way the specifications required.