It's not whether it's major or minor; or a design or manufacturing fault - it's that it happened at all. The next in a seeming never ending list of issues leading to groundings, delays, slippages, cost increases.
With the forthcoming sequester and the febrile mood in Congress it doesn't help a program which already has the crosshairs on it's chest.
Last edited by ORAC; 23rd Feb 2013 at 08:51.