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US regulators complain of 'undue pressure' from Boeing
Federal Aviation Authority engineers say they faced "verbal abuse" after raising technical issues about the Boeing 787. (www.aljazeera.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
My network intrusion alarms went off when I clicked on this story from Aljazera. Three different HTML attacks were launched. I did not do any forensics so I do not know if the attacks were from the site or if the site was compromised when I visited, BUT If I cannot trust the site I cannot trust the story.
Heh. It isn't exactly news that Boeing effed up badly (and repeatedly) during the gestation of the 787 program. Even employees will admit to that. (And bitch about the KA-46 eating their bonuses.)
I was skeptical of this article, then I saw it was written by aljazeera. I lol'd
aljazeera writes an article claiming this "undue pressure" and this quote comes directly from the article:
It has released details of the cases in response to a freedom of information request made by Al Jazeera more than two-and-a-half years ago, as part of the award-winning investigative documentary, Broken Dreams: The Boeing 787.
Credibility shot.
It has released details of the cases in response to a freedom of information request made by Al Jazeera more than two-and-a-half years ago, as part of the award-winning investigative documentary, Broken Dreams: The Boeing 787.
Credibility shot.
The credibility was shot when it was written by aljazeera
Boeing is the one under pressure... financial, that is. That tail may be wagging the dog. Intimidation of FAA doesn't make airplanes safer.
The report doesn't surprise me that much. I've seen up close the same sort of behavior occur outside of the aviation world. Any time management schedules conflict with technical review, there's bound to be some trouble, and the scope of the trouble depends on how much respect the senior managers have for the technical process and the political savvy of the engineers upholding the process. I don't have inside contacts at Boeing, and sometimes these things work out fine in the end, but I've certainly seen the same sort of conflicts go quite badly at previous jobs.