[pfflier]

If man were ment to fly he would have wings.

Travel over 60 mph will suck the air out of passengers' lungs and cause them to suffocate.

Shut down the patent office. Everything that will be invented has been invented.

If we listened to this advice, there would never be technological innovation. That innovation involves risk. Boeing will fix the problem while some just continue to wring their hands in despair.

[TalonDJ]

innovation involves risk.

Not on a commercial plane it doesn't. The risk gets designed out or the engineers failed at their job. Yeah they will fix it eventually, probably by going back to nicads. As an avionics engineer I am astounded at how big a mistake Boeing made with this battery thing. They should have done a lot more homework. Don't confuse 'innovation' with 'royally screwing up'.