[SystemSafety] "FAA chief '100% confident' of 737 MAX safety as flights to resume"

[Olwen Morgan]

On 23/11/2020 15:37, Kinalzyk, Dietmar AVL/DE wrote:
>
> Olwen, Peter,
>
> I know the best solution is to have stable physical behavior without 
> electronics. Nose up compensation for 737 MAX with MCAS is just a work 
> around.
>
> I would not compare avionics with automotive, but the first A-class 
> Mercedes passed the elch test only with adding stability control like 
> ESP system from Bosch. Never heard any complains after it.
>
If a Mercedes crashes, it is likely to kill considerably fewer than 200 
people at at time. ... But consider the following dialogue, which comes 
in two versions:


Version 1:

Aeronautical engineer:             We've cocked-up the physical design.

Manager:                                  No problem. We can fix it in 
the software.

Lumpen software engineer:    OK. we'll do it that way.


Version 2:

Aeronautical engineer:                     We've cocked-up the physical 
design.

Manager:                                          No problem. We can fix 
it in the software.

Conscientious software engineer:    F*** OFF! ...


Why should software engineers be asked, on a hiding to nothing, to 
correct the errors made by engineers in other disciplines?


... alas, too many clowns and not enough circuses ...

Olwen


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