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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by lp92 on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:07PM (#50400609)
And yet with the 747MAX we saw that bureaucrats at the FAA were heavily influenced by Boeing.
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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by throwaway173738 on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:22PM (#50400700)
The adage is that “you can’t test quality into a product.” The FAA stands as a final test that you attempted to rigorously engineer for safety, but that is no substitute for a company culture that prioritizes safety. It’s like when you release a bug to production and you turn around and blame QA. Yes they missed it but so did you.
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