Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
It may well be true, however, that only a few knew (even before Lion Air, if the rumours of internal Boeing memos turn out to be true) that MCAS could, under certain circumstances, come back and bite you. If there's a smoking gun to be found, that's where it is.
I can guarantee in Boeing and their contractors there are engineers, IT and otherwise, that at the time felt very SQUASHED by management to just get the thing (MCAS) in and stuff all the questions and analysis said engineers wanted to get done. Just as in Erin Brocovich. What would be disappointing is if the subsequent inquiries in Congress or anywhere else do not hear from the coal face engineers on this project, and how it got into production despite being unsafe on so many counts. That's the real failure of leadership and safety first imho. I definitely understand the commercial pressure to see off the A321neo and to keep the 737 commonality cash cow to keep on producing.But hundreds dead is not an acceptable price to pay for this terrible engineering shortcut. What happened to integrity? Personally I would hope to see Boeing exec's in Jail, but suspect the system will keep Trump's favourite exporters away from any meaningful scrutiny, which will be another regulatory failure, this time of corporate governance and product safety.
G