Originally Posted by
Ian W
It is a whole different game coding in a safety related environment. I have worked in maintenance areas where "just changing a comment will take 18 months" This has the contrary effect of urgent fixes having to be patched into systems without the 18month wait if the world ends if they cannot keep operating.
I know it's a different game - I've played both. I
still think software is too easy to change. The first MCAS software may have taken 18months but the change to more aggressive mode apparently came as a result of flight tests, and the whole flight test program was less than 18months...