Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 A Boeing test pilot has been indicted in connection with the 737 Max WWW.NPR.ORG Mark Forkner is charged with deceiving safety regulators who were evaluating the plane, which was later involved in two deadly crashes. Quote A Boeing pilot involved in testing the 737 Max jetliner was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of deceiving safety regulators who were evaluating the plane, which was later involved in two deadly crashes. The indictment accuses Mark A. Forkner of giving the Federal Aviation Administration false and incomplete information about an automated flight-control system that played a role in the crashes, which killed 346 people. Prosecutors said that because of Forkner's "alleged deception," the system was not mentioned in key FAA documents, pilot manuals or pilot-training material supplied to airlines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 A test pilot? This is just throwing the low-level guy under the bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jason said: A test pilot? This is just throwing the low-level guy under the bus. You're absolutely goddamned right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I'm so glad I didn't buy this dip. What a piece of shit company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 Just now, Air_Delivery said: I'm so glad I didn't buy this dip. What a piece of shit company. Boeing finds new defect in continuing struggle to produce Dreamliner 787 WWW.REUTERS.COM Boeing Co said on Thursday that some titanium 787 Dreamliner parts were improperly manufactured over the past three years, the latest in a series of problems to plague the wide-body aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I've been told (and read) that the reason why Boeing sucks ass is because they went from a company led by engineers, to being a company led by MBAs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Boeing finds new defect in continuing struggle to produce Dreamliner 787 WWW.REUTERS.COM Boeing Co said on Thursday that some titanium 787 Dreamliner parts were improperly manufactured over the past three years, the latest in a series of problems to plague the wide-body aircraft. Honestly at this point it wouldn't surprise me if the 787 gets completely scrapped at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: I've been told (and read) that the reason why Boeing sucks ass is because they went from a company led by engineers, to being a company led by MBAs. Shareholders were a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Shareholders were a mistake. They didn't pump up the stock for retail investors. They did it because bonuses are often given for stock performance + they are often required to own a certain amount of stock. They need to ban all or at least severely reduce stock performance incentives at the minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualhunter Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said: They didn't pump up the stock for retail investors. They did it because bonuses are often given for stock performance + they are often required to own a certain amount of stock. They need to ban all or at least severely reduce stock performance incentives at the minimum. Require shareholders to volunteer as test flight passengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 39 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: I've been told (and read) that the reason why Boeing sucks ass is because they went from a company led by engineers, to being a company led by MBAs. The CEO at the time the 737 MAX project began was a business guy, but his successor (and I think the one that took most of the blame) was an engineer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, mclumber1 said: I've been told (and read) that the reason why Boeing sucks ass is because they went from a company led by engineers, to being a company led by MBAs. My dad has been an engineer at Boeing for more than 30 years. He says exactly this with some frequency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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