Work on production line of Boeing 737 Max 'not adequately funded'

[nitpicker]

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49142761

Work on production line of Boeing 737 Max ‘not adequately funded’

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A former Boeing engineer has told the BBC that work on the production line of the 737 Max plane was not adequately funded.
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Adam Dickson worked at Boeing for 30 years and led a team of engineers who worked on the 737 Max. He said they were under constant pressure to keep costs down.

"Certainly what I saw was a lack of sufficient resources to do the job in its entirety," he says. "The culture was very cost centred, incredibly pressurised. Engineers were given targets to get certain amount of cost out of the aeroplane."

Mr Dickson said engineers were under pressure to downplay new features on the 737 Max. He said by classifying them as minor rather than major changes, Boeing would face less scrutiny from the US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration.

"The goal was to show that those differences were so similar to the previous design that it would not require a major design classification in the certification process. There was a lot of interest and pressure on the certification and analysis engineers in particular, to look at any changes to the Max as minor changes."
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He said that downplaying the changes reduced scrutiny in a way that could impact safety. Now even his own family have fears about the plane's safety.
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[BigmanPigman]

1. Sometimes you get what you pay for.

How much does Boeing rake in a year? Are they really hard up for cash or are they too greedy and are risking people's safety? I won't be flying on one of their jets in the future I hope.

[safeinOhio]

2. When bean counters

replace engineers, shit happens.