re: 737 Max grounding will extend into 2020 as more problems uncovered

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737 Max grounding will extend into 2020 as more problems uncovered
if you ever wondered what would happen when you fire a lot of experienced engineers and replace them with the cheapest foreign "engineers" you can find.

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Its about making money. Developing systems for commerical aircraft is VERY expensive. All aerospace companies in the commercial aviation business look for ways to cut costs. The problem is you run into most of the experienced engineers who've worked on and supported these products for years retiring or being laid off, and the knowledge transfer to the engineers replacing them does not take place.

You cant just expect engineers with little to no experience, let alone being paid pennies on the hour in many countries like India or China, to come in, and develop these products, and expect the same level of robustness and quality. It just doesn't work like that.

Another issue Boeing has is they got real complacent with the 737 and started working on a new aircraft (not a 737 replacement but I think something to come after the 787 or whatever).... Boeing pretty much just let the 737 'sell itself' while not trying to do much to improve it. Once the Neo came out Boeing said holy crap scrapped working on the new plane and started to try and write a 20 page essay the night before it was done.

When the Max came out or rather details of it it didn't seem to be some truly revolutionary product that was sooooo much better than the regular 800. While the engine/fuel consumption was better (but not some amazing amount), Boeing was also saying it would improve turn times (which it did not).

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Yep and Boeing shut the line down just a few years too soon. If ETOPS had been approved, they would probably still be making them. Nothing Boeing could have done about it.

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I thought the 757 was ETOPS for 180 mins.

This testimony is pretty hard to watch.

Twitter Link ~6 min video