The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max crisis

Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 06, 2020 @10:41PM (#21976614)

Isn’t this just another case of perfect being the enemy of good? If flying for a couple of hours is already safer than driving for 10, but we don’t want flying without a perfect safety record (making it much less accessible via much higher ticket prices)...then are we simply doomed? Instead of 99.95% reliability, do we really spend 10x more to get to 99.995%?

Drunk driving is low hanging fruit: it is really bad and easy to get rid of without great cost to society. It is incomparable to what is going on in the aviation industry.

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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by consp on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @03:15AM (#21978048)

I think the difference is psychological: you are in control of your car and you feel safer because of it. A plane gives you no control so you want more guarantees.

Als: Planes add another dimension of things which can go wrong so maybe that is also involved.

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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by hhas01 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @07:55AM (#21990941)

It’s a matter of scale.

Driver crashes a car, kills a few. Personal liability, local reporting. Rest of world rolls on.

Airliner crashes, kills hundreds. Global headlines. Massive corporate responsibility. Very bad for business; just ask PanAm.

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