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mackdaddy

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9. All this to up-charge for a few lines of computer code.
Fri Mar 22, 2019, 09:12 AM
Mar 2019

The planes already had two of these wind vane like stall sensors. They even had code that would compare the readings between the two and notify the pilots if there was a discrepancy.

But Boeing decided that they could squeeze $ out of their customers to let them know if the Boeing supplied hardware had a failure! Hey it's not Boeing fault the airline did not pay for this.

Boeing has caused hundreds of deaths, and cost the company billions because they wanted to charge for something that basically cost them nothing.

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I don't blame them. Socal31 Mar 2019 #1
The problem is? Aussie105 Mar 2019 #2
See this cvoogt Mar 2019 #12
Wow! 49 jets is a really big order KelleyKramer Mar 2019 #3
And so it begins Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #4
+1 Baitball Blogger Mar 2019 #7
I have to question the decision making at Boeing. Lonestarblue Mar 2019 #5
In their defense, Boeing was just responding Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #10
300+ dead passengers and crew weren't enough to get Boeing's attention .. . hatrack Mar 2019 #6
+1000 Baitball Blogger Mar 2019 #8
All this to up-charge for a few lines of computer code. mackdaddy Mar 2019 #9
Believe it or not, this isn't the first disaster Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #11
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