Originally Posted by
Notanatp
But it smells more like a situation where the engineers involved simply didn't appreciate the risk presented and thought of it more as a bug fix or minor tweak not requiring formal process, rather than appreciating the risk but intentionally cutting corners on the sw dev process to save money.
It would take a real rookie to believe that any bug fix or tweak in an FCC program would not require formal process.
That doesn't speak well of the level of competence in the MAX project : there was at least one test pilot and one aerodynamicist involved. And the fix was ordered from the computing company (Collins ?), all without any formal process...Just a phone call or a back-of-the-envelope scribbling...
And they thought they were up to modern aircraft manufacturer standards ?