Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes
by jaywalk on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:40PM
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> The problem with the 737 MAX is that Boeing tried to make a plane with a completely different airframe
You've got it backwards. The problem was that they used the same airframe with larger engines that had to be mounted differently due to ground clearance issues.
Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes
by mrtksn on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @01:25PM
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Windows Me was probably a better example but not everyone will remember it.
Anyhow, the point is that scrutinizing a bad architecture doesn't make it any better. Scrutinizing a chicken won't make it an eagle.
Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes
by mumblemumble on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @01:43PM
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I worked at a help desk when Windows ME came out. As I recall, the most salient difference I found between it and XP was that they removed a bunch of tools that I had come to rely on for diagnosis, troubleshooting, and just generally understanding what was going on under the hood. I guess it was ostensibly better, but I never did feel as comfortable working with an ME box.
With that in mind, yeah, Windows ME sounds like a pretty great analogy.
Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes
by edifus on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @02:06PM
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But ME came out before Windows XP..
Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes
by mumblemumble on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:54AM
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Yeah, brain fart. I was thinking 98.
The problem with the 737 MAX is that Boeing tried to make a plane with a completely different airframe and added a bunch of software to try to make it fly exactly like second generation 737s so that pilots didn't need to retrain. But the abstraction was leaky and it turns out that when you have a different airframe, you have to retrain your pilots.
That said, Boeing did some janky stuff to get this nonsense certified by the FAA and the whole design probably needs to be recertified, which will take years.