Re:Airplanes and Accounting Games: The Coming Boeing Collapse?
by joe_the_user on Thursday December 19, 2019 @09:11PM
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Well...not to excuse the poor decisions that lead to the problems with the MAX, but this arguably isn't one of them.
The situation of Boeing is that they've boxed themselves into a corner from an engineering and regulatory viewpoint. The plane could be made flyable with enough modifications - of course. But those modifications are supposed to meet regulatory constraints AND the FAA is facing heat for letting them get away with what they got away with.
But with enough pressure, sure, the FAA may approve WTF Boeing does to make the plane work. But then, there's a big spotlight on this stuff and there are a lot of people saying right they'll never fly an 737 MAX ever again. Sometimes bad publicity can distracted or waited out but I don't see this as possible now - the story too photogenic, Boeing can't wait years. Just as much, the world's regulatory agencies aren't necessarily deferring to the FAA any more after this.
The situation of Boeing is that they've boxed themselves into a corner from an engineering and regulatory viewpoint. The plane could be made flyable with enough modifications - of course. But those modifications are supposed to meet regulatory constraints AND the FAA is facing heat for letting them get away with what they got away with.
But with enough pressure, sure, the FAA may approve WTF Boeing does to make the plane work. But then, there's a big spotlight on this stuff and there are a lot of people saying right they'll never fly an 737 MAX ever again. Sometimes bad publicity can distracted or waited out but I don't see this as possible now - the story too photogenic, Boeing can't wait years. Just as much, the world's regulatory agencies aren't necessarily deferring to the FAA any more after this.
So this looks really bad for Boeing.