Boeing seeking to reduce scope, duration of physical tests for new aircraft

Re:Boeing seeking to reduce scope, duration of physical test... by dreamcompiler on Sunday June 16, 2019 @12:25PM (#20196282)

It's time for the Feds to insist that Boeing return to developing aircraft in an adversarial manner, where dedicated teams try to break everything the primary engineers build. Adversarial engineering is the only proven reliable way to build safety-critical systems. It costs more initially, but it's less expensive than the penalties and lawsuits later.

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Re:Boeing seeking to reduce scope, duration of physical test... by supermanfan on Sunday June 16, 2019 @05:52PM (#20198136)

> It's time for the Feds to insist that Boeing return to developing aircraft in an adversarial manner,

Generally speaking, the government cannot maintain a staff of aerospace engineers since they would rapidly fall behind industry engineers, you know, actually building airplanes with current materials.

However, the FAA could pay for engineers to provide oversight and also test pilots. Either group would have caught the MCAS issues.

Most FAA oversight has always been paperwork-related. You don't need to be a pilot to be an FAA employee.

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Re:Boeing seeking to reduce scope, duration of physical test... by dsfyu404ed on Sunday June 16, 2019 @01:20PM (#20196656)

So what you're saying is they need competition?

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Re:Boeing seeking to reduce scope, duration of physical test... by dreamcompiler on Sunday June 16, 2019 @02:04PM (#20196913)

They have competition from Airbus. But this is too coarse-grained in time to provide the necessary incentives to improve safety.

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