Fran

“This shift in the balance of power between Boeing and the FAA was the culmination of a decades- long war for influence, one embedded in the very nature of a place sometimes derided as “the tombstone agency” because it only seemed to act swiftly when people were dead.”
― Peter Robison, Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

“I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that.”
― Bob Newhart

“bakeshopmystery.com.”
― Ellie Alexander, Meet Your Baker

“Even the newest military planes had checklists that appeared on touch screens. If a hydraulic pump failed, a message would pop up showing specific actions the pilot should take. On the 737, a light showing “low hydraulic pressure” might illuminate with no further explanation. Pilots would have to rely on memory or turn to their paper handbook. “Training issue,” the Boeing executive responded to Reed, in rejecting such changes. If Boeing had been building a brand- new plane, it would have been required to have the electronic checklist. But because the MAX was being examined as an amendment to the original type certificate awarded in 1967, managers could pursue an exception. The MAX was actually the thirteenth version of the plane, counting all the variants along the way— the official application would call it an update of the 737- 100,”
― Peter Robison, Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing