Originally Posted by
EDLB
It has probably no bearing here but ATC should question itself if it is a good idea, to vector a plane around in 30 second intervals if it already stated flight control problems. You would think that they immediate trade that as emergency even when not declared. That vectoring distracts the already over 100% mentally loaded crew.
If that WSJ report is correct you might wonder if SWA might get sued by some victims too. By contract forcing an aircraft manufacturer to cut corners on certification sounds strange.
No. Boeing promised something even SWA found had to believe. So hard in fact they wanted to guard themselves against it. If anything this shows how Boeing execs live in their own reality where you can expand 50 years old airframe ad infinitum...
Reality of corporate world. Politics and power. People who speak the truth get labeled as "being negative" and find themselves out of the company. But yeah, sooner or later it fires back.