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In response to "Boeing engineer on the 737 Max filed an ethics complaint this year saying a system that may have reduced crash risks was rejected over its cost -- (link)" by budice

I'm beginning to wonder if that plane flies again.

Posted by ty97 Oct 2 '19, 06:18

I am sure it is fixable (whatever *it* is, I'm not an engineer) but people's willingness to fly on these things seems iffy going forward.

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I'm also wondering when/if order cancelations start in large numbers. - ty97 Oct 2, 06:34
Just move on to 777x? -- nm - SyrDragon Oct 2, 06:28 1
- The 777 family is way too big for the vast majority of 737 family missions. - ty97 Oct 2, 06:30
I mean, I can't really picture an aviation industry where it doesn't fly again...so many are on order and it's intended to be a major part of several - ty97 Oct 2, 06:22 2
- It will require the fix to be an extremely visual story that airlines can point to. -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 06:42 1
  - Yeah. The problem is that it appears to be a computer software related issue, not some faulty part they can hold up and show to people -- nm - ty97 Oct 2, 06:44
I’m beginning to wonder why execs aren’t going to jail - oh wait, Murica! -- nm - JackDawson Oct 2, 06:21 1
- What would be the basis for charging/jailing them? - ty97 Oct 2, 06:25

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