When I graduated as an engineer, a friend told me "How do you feel entering a plane when you know that people like us build it".
I’ve worked several years in the automotive industry and saw how software was done there.
When the 737-MAX crashed, I entered into the rabbit-hole and built a really good understanding of the software issue.
The results are:
- I don’t board a boeing plane anymore.
- I avoid cars as much as I can.
- I be sure to recommend cars with the less possible software.
@tnt : I admit that there’s no particular reason why Airbus would be better.
But the 737-MAX decision to decide to fix the structural imbalance resulting from bigger engines with a software messing with pilot’s control in order to not have to go to the certification process of a new plane is completely criminal.
While everything else I saw in the automotive industry was pure incompetence (to a level that no coder can even imagine)
@tgeusch @vriesk @ploum @tnt Specifically, my understanding was that they didn't have room to extend the landing gear - they fold into the midline of the plane with barely enough room for a significant structural component between them, and they can't be moved further out on the wings without getting into the engine thrust.
“You don't have to train a specific set of pilots for the MAX” was a worthwhile goal. It just should have been abandoned once it became obvious that it was impossible to do safely.
ploum
tnt
vriesk (Jan Srz)
Timo Geusch
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