blows my mind people post boeing after boeing problem online and all over reddit... but literally this stuff happens _every day_ to all manufacturers.
It's possible that there really are other manufacturers with these exact same problems, but either way it looks like Boeing has more than earned all the scrutiny and criticism they're getting. I'm all for naming and shaming other manufacturers that make deliberate choices to routinely put profits over human life though.
> I'm all for naming and shaming other manufacturers that make deliberate choices to routinely put profits over human life though.
Empty and cringeworthy. There is a saying "Any idiot can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands". Doing something in the most efficient manner and cost effective is the tenet of great engineering. The trick is doing it while still prioritizing safety. That's what Boeing failed at. Not because they tried to save money. HN of all place should be well aware of that. No wonder populism is in vogue.
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Specifically he said, "blows my mind people post boeing after boeing problem online and all over reddit... but literally this stuff happens _every day_ to all manufacturers."
My reply highlighted only a few of the many reasons why it shouldn't be surprising that so many of Boeing's problems are being frequently talked about both in the news and on social media while also demonstrating that Boeing's problems are not always things that happen to "all manufacturers"
Even if we look only at the problem in this specific instance (and I'd argue that "this stuff" means we shouldn't), while it is true that over the many 10s of thousands of commercial flights that take place every single day in the US mechanical problems happen frequently (even daily), it is not true that losing a landing gear wheel while taking off is a daily occurrence.
> Doing something in the most efficient manner and cost effective is the tenet of great engineering. The trick is doing it while still prioritizing safety. That's what Boeing failed at. Not because they tried to save money.
According to the lawsuit against them and their own internal communications it is exactly because they tried to save money. Greed was the motivation for their actions which undermined safety and even when they knew about the dangers they actively hid those dangers from regulators for that same reason.
For more information see:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/boeing-charged-737-max-fraud-...
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/beyon...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/boeing-fifth-estate-costs-s...