It remains the mystery at the heart of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max crisis: how a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes. Longtime Boeing engineers say the effort was complicated by a push to outsource work to lower-paid contractors.
The Max software – plagued by issues that could keep the planes grounded months longer after U.S. regulators this week revealed a new flaw – was developed at a time Boeing was laying off experienced engineers and pressing suppliers to cut costs.
Increasingly, the iconic American planemaker and its subcontractors have relied on temporary workers making as little as $9 an hour to develop and test software, often from countries lacking a deep background in aerospace – notably India.
In offices across from Seattle’s Boeing Field, recent college graduates employed by the Indian software developer HCL Technologies Ltd. occupied several rows of desks, said Mark Rabin, a former Boeing software engineer who worked in a flight-test group that supported the Max.
The coders from HCL were typically designing to specifications set by Boeing. Still, “it was controversial because it was far less efficient than Boeing engineers just writing the code,” Rabin said. Frequently, he recalled, “it took many rounds going back and forth because the code was not done correctly.”
And Apple wants to move phone manufacture there? Good luck.
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[–] 19459077? ago
Trump is acting on it but the laws are cucked beyond repair. I think India raised some trade tarrifs when Trump threatened to cap H1Bs. They had talks today at G20 about this.
[–] 19505918? ago
Yeah and then Trump the Kike didn't fucking do it and even expanded the program. Fucking jews man
[–] 19471561? ago
March 3, 2016?
What the fuck are you smoking anon? Have you noticed a decrease in immigration in the last few years? True H1B enter but the USA is like a fucking roach motel…they never fucking leave!
[–] 19471563? ago
H1B is just a permanent vacation for the pajeets to leave their shithole and move into the west. Trump just planned made it more easier for them.
[–] 19471562? ago
By the way you're typing I can tell you're glow in the dark.
[–] 19471557? ago
It's poetic justice to see the last white male goy be embarrassed after every meeting with foreign leaders. After decades of making deals with jews for slave labor, he has nothing to bring on the table but stupid niggers and social justice theory.
[–] 19465587? ago
And then he found out he has no power.