Originally Posted by
fergusd
So the software quality will be off the bottom of the scale. Ultra low cost, offshore, software creation almost universally results in junk.
The deeper they dig into this the worse it will become, if anybody with true safety critical software knowledge gets their hands on the code for this the MAX will remain a paperweight for many years.
This is not unique to the aviation industry either . . . how depressing.
How true ... although my most recent experience with this matter is that it is no longer a financial thing. They have become expensive there in the recent years as well. IMHO it is more a cultural thing. Management enjoys the servility lack of resistance to bad decision and being pampered and being hommaged when on site there. Ain't no grey bearded pig headed wester engineers over there.