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Corperate greed & the 737 max, read this
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fourtytwo42:
Just released, congressional ? report
Makes horrendous reading
This is what our once proud engineering profession has been reduced to by the bean counters
Anybody want to fly one of these things has to be stir crazy
https://transportation.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2020.09.15%20FINAL%20737%20MAX%20Report%20for%20Public%20Release.pdf
BUT how many other bit's of crap are out there that our lives depend upon that have yet to be uncovered ?

Our world seems on a downward trajectory............

BIG attitude problem  :palm:
Benta:
The 737 is actually an extremely reliable aircraft, but there's no getting around the fact that it's a +50 years old airframe, and that there are better designs around today.

The 737-MAX story is a scandal of mismanagement, greed, kowtowing to "shareholder value" and a design attitude of "OK, it's old, let's just throw some software at it and it'll work."

I always wondered why Boeing didn't modify the undercarriage structure, as this was the obvious problem to anyone looking at the plane. It was really sleek in the 70/80s, but with the larger turbofan engines there was little space under the wings.

Oh, well.

Condolences to the people who died.

SilverSolder:

Yeah, the 737-MAX story is not America's proudest moment, and does an injustice to all the good people that work in the industry.   The loudmouths seem to always prevail, for whatever reason. 
WattsThat:

--- Quote ---I always wondered why Boeing didn't modify the undercarriage structure, as this was the obvious problem to anyone looking at the plane. It was really sleek in the 70/80s, but with the larger turbofan engines there was little space under the wings.
--- End quote ---

I have met people that thought those flat bottom sections on the turbofans were just styling/sheet metal changes!

Another odd design feature was the DC-9 elevator. It confused many, thinking the aircraft had broken or cross-connected elevator cables.
pickle9000:
How much you wanna bet they change the name?

I'd also say it will be safer now that people are paying attention. I think it has to be re-certified in Europe as well and it's not just a rubber stamp as is the norm.   
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