Re:American Airlines Is Quietly Bringing Back the 737Max
by kqr on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @12:15PM
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Don't get me wrong. If I'm going to trust anyone to learn from their mistakes, passenger aviation are the ones.
I'm just saying that when it comes to complex systems, it's not evident that someone who said "I've looked at it and it checks out", the thing fails, and then the same someone said, "Okay, now I've really looked at it and it checks out again" that it's now safe. There's more nuance to it than that.
Whether or not that nuance has been taken in consideration by the FAA this time I really am not in a position to say.
I'm just saying that when it comes to complex systems, it's not evident that someone who said "I've looked at it and it checks out", the thing fails, and then the same someone said, "Okay, now I've really looked at it and it checks out again" that it's now safe. There's more nuance to it than that.
Whether or not that nuance has been taken in consideration by the FAA this time I really am not in a position to say.