Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers

Discussion in 'Economics' started by Banjo, Jun 29, 2019.

  1. IAS_LLC

    IAS_LLC

    Ya, okay. Thats idiotic. Airbus has a MUCH higher crash per flight rate than Boeing....but you do you, and stay at home.
     
    #51     Jul 14, 2019
  2. JSOP

    JSOP

    I won't stay home. I will still fly, just not Boeing. Lots of other planes to choose from. Airbus, Bombardier, Embraer...

    And on Airbus with much higher crash per flight rate than Boeing, do you have statistics to back that up or is it just something that you pulled out of wherever?
     
    #52     Jul 14, 2019
  3. IAS_LLC

    IAS_LLC

    It's a fact. You can Google just as well as I can, I assume.

    If I remember correctly, its significantly skewed in Boeings favor. Note that crash doesn't mean full fatality event. If that's the metric, they're basically even.

    Assuming you live in the U.S....i don't think you really have much of a choice of what type of aircraft you fly, unless you're willing to pay a massive time/price penalty. Airbus and Boeing are the only operators beyond regional jet, and Boeing is the majority of those.....and those Boeing are GREAT aircraft.
     
    #53     Jul 14, 2019
  4. Banjo

    Banjo

    You can't get away from Boeing or Airbus.
    https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/05/boeing-embraer-to-form-joint-venture.html
    https://money.cnn.com/2017/10/16/ne...-majority-stake-bombardier-cseries/index.html
    Airbus had problems with pitot tubes that were well known by pilots.
    https://www.computerweekly.com/news...rbus-pitot-sensor-linked-to-two-fatal-crashes.
    Boeing's present problem is a software problem, not an air frame or engine problem. Engine mfgrs have their own problems. The buck does stop with the C suite though. The 737 manager has already been thrown under the bus.
     
    #54     Jul 14, 2019
  5. Banjo

    Banjo

    #55     Jul 14, 2019
  6. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    So has it been proven that these planes fell of the sky due to outsourced software, or are we just going w/the nationalistic fuck foreigners mantra?
     
    #56     Jul 14, 2019
  7. Overnight

    Overnight

    WRONG

    So you are going to try to schedule flights now on only Airbus aircraft? That could turn out to be inconvenient, and pricey.
     
    #57     Jul 14, 2019
  8. ironchef

    ironchef

    It is actually easy to do now that all flights list the airplane type. In fact I switched my flight on a 737 MAX early this year after the second crash but before the grounding, to an older model 737, which has better safety record than Airbus.
     
    #58     Jul 15, 2019
  9. JSOP

    JSOP

    Why not? Airbus makes planes across all ranges of flights in all sizes. And then there are the others, Bombardier, Embraer...
     
    #59     Jul 15, 2019
  10. Alexpung

    Alexpung

    Well you just insulted a whole profession without being a software guy yourself.
    Just like the people who praise the dev for a piece of sw that works fine but blame QA when shit happens.
     
    #60     Jul 16, 2019