Old Engineer, #1505
I'm just a grumpy old engineer as well and didn't mean to offend, just to
clarify what I said.
I used to have the highest respect for aviation tech, but after the system
design issues exposed by the AF447 accident and the current 787 woes, i'm
really not sure anymore. How could Boeing, with such a long history of
technical excellence and doing it right get it so very wrong ?. First with the
battery subsystem and now it seems, the power panels. There are so many design
issues with the battery subsystem that should have been obvious to seasoned
engineers. It's so much less hassle to do it once, do it right, fit and forget.
The more worrying thing is that these issues are just those that have leaked
out. Who knows what other gotchas will be exposed as time goes by ?. Very,
very sad...