> Maybe the people responsible for that decision will see the inside of a jail cell
Sadly I highly doubt that and if someone goes to jail it will be some poor engineer that was forced the implement it that way.
Just look at what happened to Uber after they actually killed someone with their self-driving car because of their disregard for safety from the top in order to save time and money.
Especially the Boeing case shocks me. Uber is a start-up, so their culture is different. Boeing on the other hand, well they are old school aerospace and violated their own hard learned lessons here.
>Boeing on the other hand, well they are old school aerospace and violated their own hard learned lessons here.
Boeing has a pretty terrible history of safety violations, especially when money is involved. They also have a long history of trying to cover their involvement until the last possible second.
I can think of a few incidents, but one of the really atrocious incidents was Boeings' response with regards to Lauda Air Flight 004.[0]
If Niki Lauda hadn't been so assertive about Boeing making public demonstrations of the maneuver in question they would have never admitted fault. It wasn't until sufficient celebrity pressure was applied to them that they admitted to flaws that had been well known and swept under the rug to save cash.
Now, cue the folks that compare the number of Boeing planes in the air with the number that have fallen out of the sky.
This number is irrelevant when we're talking about a company with a history of 1) : ignoring problems, 2) : refusing fault for their own responsibilities, 3) : covering up flaws that are costly to repair , and finally 4): modifying or cleaning debris fields of downed planes before national inspectors, possibly with intent to reduce corporate blame.[1]
[0] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauda_Air_Flight_004 wiki article mentioning Boeings' role in post-incident investigation, delay of public information, and fault refusal until Lauda asked for a demonstration
[1] : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E42NN1rU93o an interview with Niki Lauda where he mentions the behavior of the Boeing ground crew with regards to the debris field at the site of the Thailand LaudaAir Flight 004 reverse-thrust incident.
Sadly I highly doubt that and if someone goes to jail it will be some poor engineer that was forced the implement it that way.
Just look at what happened to Uber after they actually killed someone with their self-driving car because of their disregard for safety from the top in order to save time and money.
Next up, Boeing.