E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets

Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by ams6110 on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:03PM (#19371777)

True randomness does not preclude clusters of events. In fact that's the nature of random events.

Not saying I think these are completely random. But since we don't even know the cause of the Ethopian crash yet, who's to say? The causes may very well be unrelated.

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Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by freehunter on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:08PM (#19371827)

The FAA is not an agency that should be assuming something is safe by default. It is an agency that should be assuming something is unsafe by default and demanding the manufacturer prove it is safe.

If it's random chance, Boeing should be able to prove it is random chance. Until then, the FAA should ground them.

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Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by hexane360 on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:26PM (#19371989)

How do you suggest Boeing "prove" that there are no links between the events? You can't prove the null hypothesis.

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Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by Maken on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:53PM (#19372266)

They can prove the causes were different in each case.

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Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by abmackenzie on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:09PM (#19371834)

They may very well be unrelated, but shouldn't the FAA take precautions until that is known?

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