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Boeing will NOT rename the "737 MAX" (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2020 OP
Really good answer - shows acceptance and responsibility Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #1
But will you be able to engineer your way out of it? exboyfil Jan 2020 #2
In the history of aviation many aircraft had design issues, and they were addressed. nt USALiberal Jan 2020 #3
Engineering Axiom: Designs that work cost more than designs that don't exboyfil Jan 2020 #4
Johnson & Johnson did not change Tylenol's name following the bullwinkle428 Jan 2020 #5
The flaw in your comparison is that Tylenol actually works... brooklynite Jan 2020 #6
And so does the 737 Max jmowreader Jan 2020 #9
This isn't the same thing exactly BannonsLiver Jan 2020 #10
737 maximum kill Fullduplexxx Jan 2020 #7
Apologies to Will Shakespeare, TexasProgresive Jan 2020 #8

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
1. Really good answer - shows acceptance and responsibility
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:57 AM
Jan 2020

...let's hope Boeing can do what they do best - engineer their way thru the problem.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
2. But will you be able to engineer your way out of it?
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:59 AM
Jan 2020

Your company is already the next generation's Engineering Ethics case and probably a Harvard Business Review case. A place you don't want to be.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
4. Engineering Axiom: Designs that work cost more than designs that don't
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:06 AM
Jan 2020

Corollary: Management is incapable of understanding why this is true

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
5. Johnson & Johnson did not change Tylenol's name following the
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:08 AM
Jan 2020

1982 poisoning murders of 7 people. But they did do ALL of the necessary things required to regain the public's confidence in the use of their product, and no one even thinks twice about reaching for it. I've personally relied on it countless times over the years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
9. And so does the 737 Max
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:20 PM
Jan 2020

Over 40,000 successful flights have been made in 737 Max aircraft. Once Boeing works out the problems - and they will - people will return to the plane.

BannonsLiver

(16,396 posts)
10. This isn't the same thing exactly
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:34 PM
Jan 2020

This is an aircraft with an engineering design flaw so bad that it needs constant adjustments from software just to stay in the air. That’s a bit more complex than a tamper proof seal.

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