Originally Posted by
slacktide
All aircraft experimental flight test campaigns uncover issues which were not expected during the design of the aircraft, and require some sort of change to rectify. In the case of the 747-8, it was outboard aileron flutter, which was corrected with a *GASP* software fix. The engineering team was lauded for creating a software-only fix which required no hardware changes.
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...iation-honors/
Thanks for the interesting article. However it is ironic in many ways, highlighting the difference between the development of the B747-8 and the B737 MAX.
The other difference is corporate culture. The 2nd most read article on the Seattle Times website is the appointment of a legal czar to deal with the B737 MAX fallout:
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-appoints-legal-czar-to-oversee-fallout-from-fatal-max-crashes/
The first article celebrates the achievement of a young engineer, the second is all about hiding behind layers of corporate accountability, As the saying goes: success has a thousand fathers, but failure is an orphan.