Originally Posted by
tartare
The thing that surprised me is the degree of sway influential Chief Designers had in times past.
Maybe they still do.
I'm trying to remember where I read it - but there was an anecdote of a very senior military officer being openly threatened by a very well known designer during the procurement process for a particular platform - essentially "...you need to consider doing what I say or it could impact your career..."
Interesting - I was just re-reading Neville Shute's 1948 "No Highway" about fatigue issues in a supposed UK airliner... as Shute was of course a designer himself I assume he knows what he was talking about. He describes the Designer.....
Last edited by Asturias56; 28th Jul 2023 at 07:38.