Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers

Re:Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers by CydeWeys on Friday June 28, 2019 @08:10PM (#20309906)

The engineers may not have realized they were relying on one sensor, or they might be the $9/hour variety with no avionics experience who don't know any better.

The main problem was higher up. The overall design was bad, and Boeing didn't seem to have a handle on it.

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Re:Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers by anticensor on Saturday June 29, 2019 @10:44AM (#20312859)

Or they have a "obey all orders even when it is blatantly criminal" clause.

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Re:Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers by mikeash on Friday June 28, 2019 @08:27PM (#20309991)

I suspect they were told that runaway trim wouldn’t be a serious problem, and they believed it since they wouldn’t have the expertise to analyze the whole thing from first principles.

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