"sometimes people have ulterior motives, you know, like Boeing"
Geoffkait,
No Geoff, more like NASA....
Geoffkait,
No Geoff, more like NASA....
Blind Testing is Dead - Long live My Wallet testing.
mr_m1,107 posts03-26-2019 5:57pm "sometimes people have ulterior motives, you know, like Boeing" Geoffkait, No Geoff, more like NASA... >>>>>Really? NASA does their own testing? I doubt it. The problem with Boeing is the FAA alledgedly allowed Boeing to do its own testing in the context of the software package related to the recent 737 crashes. But more to point someone who had it in for product X could publish “test results” that would be unfavorable to product X. Follow? |
Eric, well stated, and Yes, you may have created the embers for yet another brush fire. ;) It seems almost unavoidable of late. For every stance, you'll have those of a like mind...however apparently unstable for some, but support of a sort. Then there's those who would rather bury their Game of Thrones Registered Trademarked Battle Axe into your forehead because agreeing to disagree over differences in opinion and/or preference doesn't seem acceptable...or 'something'. I can appreciate one and all search for their personal idea or ideals of 'perfection'. I personally can't relate to perfection as existing, or even the opportunity for the event to potentially exist. If observing an event alters the event (as has been posited), it seems IMHO to be an ongoing activity. Which it has been, and seems to be riding towards a sunset that doesn't 'fade to black' (except on a personal level and time frame, R.I.P.). Eric, enjoy. All of 'Us', enjoy yours. I like mine. |
Re 'Boeing'....I come from a family that, over time, worked for Douglas, McDonnell Douglas, and finally, Boeing. Over that time, the aircraft have grown in complexity, price, and passenger count per craft. They added an 'app' that was meant to protect the major investment, help the crew manage the craft, and get the butts in the seats to their gate wherever. They neglected to make a Big Issue out of it, or where the 'Kill' switch was and When one might want to use it. One sure bet that someones, somewheres, are scrambling to get this programmed into flight simulators that run the 737 scenarios. But like the Miracle on the Hudson, you can't Beta test Everything. NASA, on the other hand, is basically an 'X' program. High risk. People Will Die. They know that upfront. SpaceX will eventually, too. If you do something inherently dangerous, it happens regularly. "Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect." As much as I like flying, and appreciate a (IMHO) great or beautiful craft (the de Havilland Mosquito, the Cobalt Co50 Valkyrie for examples), when I board an aircraft I'm putting my life in the hands and tech of every being that has made, cared for, and controls that machine. And a faith in physics that will make it fly. But one also delivers oneself into 'situations beyond control', as stated above. Excrement Happens. |