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Another Boeing 737 Max-8 crash

Discussion in 'General' started by SPL170db, Mar 10, 2019.

  1. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    Or a needle...
     
  2. In Your Corner

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  3. ducrcr

    ducrcr reasonably fast old guy

  4. Spang308

    Spang308 Well-Known Member

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  5. Banditracer

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  6. SPL170db

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  7. Rebel635

    Rebel635 Well-Known Member

  8. ChemGuy

    ChemGuy Harden The F%@# Up!

    Meh. You got a second engine. I mean who Hasn’t had the hood to their beater ass car fly up while driving down the road. I know I have.

    You fuggin Ace Ventura that $hit and keep driving. You think John Wayne, Davy Crockett or Abe Lincoln would have turned around just because 1 engine cover disintegrated on the takeoff roll? Hell naw. Americas gone soft. Soft I say.
     
  9. SteveThompson

    SteveThompson Banned by amafan

    Saying the engine came apart is a bit extreme.
     
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  10. Cooter!

    Cooter! Sarcasm level: Maximum

    First time reading the "news"?

    o_O
     
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  11. Rdrace42

    Rdrace42 Almost Cheddar

  12. SPL170db

    SPL170db Trackday winner


    Wait.... the news doesn't tell the full unbiased story?
     
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  13. In Your Corner

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    So it's not just Boing but the industry in general that's
    responsible for planes shedding parts in flight. That
    should assuage the fears of the flying public.
     
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  14. gixxerboy55

    gixxerboy55 Well-Known Member

    What are you talking about, this is obviously the work of the deep state.
     
  15. SPL170db

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  16. Banditracer

    Banditracer Dogs - because people suck

  17. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    The whistleblowers strike me as being off by a bunch. Not defending boeing, I'm sure they do put profits and timelines to the front but still.
     
  18. 2blueYam

    2blueYam Track Day Addict

    Every company that makes anything mechanical has to balance profits, timelines, and safety. It is all where you put the line. You could build the world's safest car, but it would be so heavy, perform so badly, get such bad fuel economy, and cost so much that no one would buy it. If you chase down and triple protect and overbuild every possible failure point on an aircraft as complex as a passenger jet, it will be late to market, heavy, poor performing, and your aircraft company will go out of business. I don't know enough to know if Boeing's line is or was too far out of whack or not. Sounds like it probably was, but maybe it isn't anymore or maybe it still is.
     
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  19. SPL170db

    SPL170db Trackday winner


    This also gets influenced to a large extent by who is running the company. Apparently before the McDonnell Douglas merger back in the 90's, Boeing's higher ups had a higher focus on quality over profits than they are in their current incarnation.
     
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  20. 2blueYam

    2blueYam Track Day Addict

    If the folks running the company won't hedge enough toward profits side of the line, the board or major investors will replace them with people that will.
     
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