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Re:Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max by imglorp on Thursday February 06, 2020 @01:47PM (#22258934)
That cost is already baked into aviation hardware. It's why fasteners are so expensive, for example, because the cost of certifying, tracking their history, and quantifying their quality is already amortized into each bolt.

Flight software development lifecycle--and regs as you point out--still needs to catch up.

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Re:Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max by m4rtink on Thursday February 06, 2020 @02:32PM (#22259431)
Actually, for fasteners there is often a material difference - cheaper fasteners are cut to shape while better fasteners are forged into shape, resulting in a much stronger part due to the resulting grain flow.
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