Originally Posted by
groundbum
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.
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https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ion-air-crash/
may be behind paywall but
starts
Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers familiar with the documents shared details that show the analysis included crucial flaws.
As Boeing hustled in 2015 to catch up to Airbus and certify its new 737 MAX, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) managers pushed the agency’s safety engineers to delegate safety assessments to Boeing itself, and to speedily approve the resulting analysis.But the original safety analysis that Boeing delivered to the FAA for a new flight control system on the MAX — a report used to certify the plane as safe to fly — had several crucial flaws.
The people who spoke to The Seattle Times and shared details of the safety analysis all spoke on condition of anonymity to protect their jobs at the FAA and other aviation organizations.Both Boeing and the FAA were informed of the specifics of this story and were asked for responses 11 days ago, before the
second crash of a 737 MAX last Sunday.Late Friday, the FAA said it followed its standard certification process on the MAX. Citing a busy week, a spokesman said the agency was “unable to delve into any detailed inquiries.”