Boeing Resisted Pilots’ Calls for Aggressive Steps on 737 Max

Re:Boeing Resisted Pilots’ Calls for Aggressive Steps on 737... by rectang on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @09:20PM (#19915514)

Very difficult, just as it would be in any large organization. Facilitation of plausible deniability is a principle design requirement for company structure.

Worse, because of the corporate shield, any malefactors get to keep their ill-gotten gains. (Wells Fargo's execs, even after clawbacks, wound up tens of millions of dollars ahead.) There's no serious deterrent -- the system encourages wrongdoing at the individual level, the perpetuation of entities where wrongdoing occurs, and the creation of new entities where wrongdoing will commence.

Prediction: everyone at Boeing will come in for a safe landing after a bit of turbulence.

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Re:Boeing Resisted Pilots’ Calls for Aggressive Steps on 737... by hef19898 on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @03:34AM (#19917160)

Not sure. Every single design change goes through well documented review processes in Aerospace. The bigger the change the higher the up the hierarchy it goes. The definitely is a paper trail here. If someone is willing to investigate.

Agree with rest, organized deniability is pretty much how large orgs are set up.

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