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American Airlines Pilots Oppose Congressional Extension for Boeing, Demand Upgrade
In a blow to Boeing, the pilots union for American Airlines has come out strongly against granting the planemaker a deadline extension that would allow the 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10 models to enter service without a redesign of the cockpit system that alerts the crew when something goes wrong. (www.seattletimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Boeing is not the Boeing of Seattle days, sadly.
Appears that the days of "If it's not Boeing I'm not going" have passed. Sad to see a once-great outfit destroy itself for the almighty buck.
In today's world, the technically competent workforce is directed and micromanaged by business majors who may know money but are not competent at engineering. Engineers are grounded in physical reality so they get hog-tied because their bosses want to invent their own truth. This is just like doctors who now are now subordinate to and micromanaged by bosses who don't know medicine.
Administrators used to be subordinate to the experts in the field and were minimized as a necessary evil back in the days of professional pride in quality, exemplified by Boeing.
Administrators used to be subordinate to the experts in the field and were minimized as a necessary evil back in the days of professional pride in quality, exemplified by Boeing.
if boeing knows how to make the max 737's safer, even in a small degree, then boeing must do so. There is no logic for letting a somewhat less safe product out of any manufacturing place, and the government must insist on the upgrades, absolutely. The government in theory represents the safety concerns of the flying public, and as we have seen, Boeing and its board and its chairman represent only the greedy self-interests of themelves, certainly not the public interest at all. Boeing will not walk away from the initial gross orders of 700 Max ten aircraft, plus the inevitable grand total of several thousand orders over time.
There is ALWAYS a way to make something safer, even in a small degree. If your policy was followed planes would simply cost infinite dollars. My ONLY point is that there are always economic -vs- safety tradeoffs in any plane.
Boeing has been going downhill since the MD11 guys became part of Boeing. Getting ready to board a A320neo. Viva Airbus in Mobile Alabama.