Originally Posted by
edmundronald
I think management was simply so dumb that they didn't realise a bad design was bound to fail. It's something you don't learn in business school, to think like an engineer.
The FAA was there to keep Boeing honest but got captured.
This is a case which demonstrates how money will circumvent regulation in a democracy until some incident creates an outcry. You can see the same thing happening in construction standards eg. the Greenfell Tower fire in the UK.
Edmund
Oh they were dumb alright.
Remember, a senior Boeing Engineer was first sidelined and then his employment was terminated, because he questioned the integrity of the program.
I think it’s safe to say this act of Corporate insanity is what led to this collective “Dumbness”.