[Renfrew]

“test pilots don’t conspire against federal regulators and investigators all by themselves.”

Yep, the higher-ups destroyed Boeing by creating a culture that prioritized accountants over engineers. This is the result.

[z3n]

Yep, the higher-ups destroyed Boeing by creating a culture that prioritized accountants over engineers. This is the result.

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The sad thing is, if Boeing had a do-over, there is a decent probability that they would have taken a different philosophy on accountability, hopefully at the organizational level. Then again, they might have just fixed the problem with the benefit of hind-sight realizing how much they'd be shooting themselves in the foot, and still sweep it all under the rug.



A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.

[DennisR]

The CEO when the first Max was delivered was an engineer, not an accountant.

[Blood of Tyrants]

One of my college professors in engineering once said that the only real numbers have a dollar sign in front of them. (For non-math people, there are such things as imaginary numbers.)