Boeing Co. limited the role of its own pilots in the final stages of developing the 737 MAX flight-control system implicated in two fatal crashes, departing from a longstanding practice of seeking their detailed input, people familiar with the matter said.
As a result, Boeing test pilots and senior pilots involved in the MAX' development didn't receive detailed briefings about how fast or steeply the automated system known as MCAS could push down a plane' nose, these people said. Nor were they informed that the system relied on a single sensor, rather than two, to verify the accuracy of incoming data about the angle of a plane's nose, they added.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 05 2019, @04:26PM (3 children)
One man's "greedy" is another man's "sincere concern for the financial wellbeing of his stockholders".
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 05 2019, @04:41PM (1 child)
My favorite is "catholic-opoly", where you prove how nongreedy you are by giving away as much wealth as possible to the catholic church. https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Games-us-Catholic-opoly-Board-Game/dp/B0014HTRW0 [amazon.com]
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday May 05 2019, @05:42PM
May I propose a variation of that game, where instead of giving the wealth to the Catholic Church, the wealth is given to me? ;-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday May 05 2019, @05:24PM
Only as an attempt at rationalization. Seems like with a little less greed, they might be doing a bit better now.