Originally Posted by
PAXboy
I ask a question that may well not be for this thread or indeed any thread:
In the whole MCAS affair, Boeing has received (and will continue to) all the justifiable anger of humans and the law. However, South West Airlines who wrote the $1m per airframe penalty clause appear not to have received even a glancing blow?
Whilst it can be said that Boeing were big enough to make their own mistakes (and did) would they have been as likely to commit to MCAS if not for such a high penalty being set by their customer?
Of course, it might just have been 'good old capitalism' at work ...
Boeing was selling an aeroplane not cocaine. They are solely responsible for the product and it's aftermath. By this absurd logic why not blame the Airbus Neo or the bigger fan engines fitted on them? Without which the MAX would never have been made?