The 737 MAX fiasco proves there is no safety culture at Boeing.
The fatalities were just the visible part to the public.
The depth of the issue is indicated by:
- the falsified FAA paperwork, which is criminal. Our entire government oversight of aviation is done via paper filings - FAA staff do not inspect anything in the physical world as a normal practise, and most FAA staff are civil servants with no relevant education or experience.
- using one sensor in MCAS per flight leg in a safety of life application
- optional (and possibly non-functioning) annunciators. Southwest paid for the option, but were unsure what they got or where the correct documentation is.
- firing the manager who received the test pilot text messages, not the engineering managers for the above.
Besides the 737 MAX, all of their recent models have had assembly problems, wing root cracking problems and in the case of the 787, lithium battery fires.
Source: commercially-rated pilot who predicted the MCAS problem would not be fixable in the same year of the second crash.
I want to become a Principal Engineer for Software. This track does not currently exist in any official capacity in the United States. This is one of the only ways you can bite back against an employer. If nothing gets delivered, you are still doing your job. There is no excuse for threatening or trying to get around someone tasked with keeping your organization honest.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 11.7 ms ] threadThe fatalities were just the visible part to the public.
The depth of the issue is indicated by:
- the falsified FAA paperwork, which is criminal. Our entire government oversight of aviation is done via paper filings - FAA staff do not inspect anything in the physical world as a normal practise, and most FAA staff are civil servants with no relevant education or experience.
- using one sensor in MCAS per flight leg in a safety of life application
- optional (and possibly non-functioning) annunciators. Southwest paid for the option, but were unsure what they got or where the correct documentation is.
- firing the manager who received the test pilot text messages, not the engineering managers for the above.
Besides the 737 MAX, all of their recent models have had assembly problems, wing root cracking problems and in the case of the 787, lithium battery fires.
Source: commercially-rated pilot who predicted the MCAS problem would not be fixable in the same year of the second crash.
I want to become a Principal Engineer for Software. This track does not currently exist in any official capacity in the United States. This is one of the only ways you can bite back against an employer. If nothing gets delivered, you are still doing your job. There is no excuse for threatening or trying to get around someone tasked with keeping your organization honest.