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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by skybrian on Saturday May 11, 2019 @08:57PM (#19889421)
Okay, I probably should have calculated the number of successful flights to avoid this. But, nowhere did I say any country is better than any other. That's your inference.
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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by cjbprime on Saturday May 11, 2019 @11:10PM (#19889874)
I can help with that -- the MAX is suffering hull losses per flight completed at a rate about 100x that of comparable planes like the A320. Totally off the charts.
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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by Aeolun on Saturday May 11, 2019 @11:46PM (#19890013)
It’s such a weird statistic to use though. One crash takes a really long time to recover from in that score. So even if the 737 Max was magically fixed tomorrow, the score wouldn’t change.
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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by bronson on Sunday May 12, 2019 @04:40AM (#19890843)
> One crash takes a really long time to recover from in that score.

As it should be. That's how important safety is. Boeing brought this on themselves by letting a second airplane crash before responding properly.

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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by michaelmrose on Sunday May 12, 2019 @03:53AM (#19890723)
It's not remotely a strange choice when it represents the current most reasonable prediction of risk.

If it were fixed tomorrow at that point we could discuss how it effects risk in the future.

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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by r3bl on Sunday May 12, 2019 @07:27AM (#19891283)
Hundreds of people died. It should leave a long-term impact on Boeing's safety record. It should take them a long time to recover and regain trust.
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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by TomVDB on Saturday May 11, 2019 @11:49PM (#19890022)
What was your original motivation to bring up the country aspect?
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