> That’s understandable caution, but would you expect a whistleblower to not be completely anonymous?
On the other hand, wouldn't that also sound like something someone completely unqualified could easily make up and it would just fit our own bias enough to avoid thinking about it too critically?
Complaining about Boeings quality, especially in the 737 Max department, is just an easy and cheap shot.
It is "easy" because it fits perfectly with all the publicly accessible information that we have about the relationship between Boeing and Spirit Aerosystems. We know it was spun off out of Boeing in order to cut costs. We're also a forum full of engineers who have been inside companies that have done those kinds of things before in other industries and seen how it turns into a shit show. Yeah, this article is filling in the details that we fully expect to see around how the sausage is actually being made, to that extent it fits our preconceived biases.
Biases can be entirely accurate.
And even if this is a work of fiction around this particular incident, the reality may not be far enough off to matter.
There's enough smoke that all the biased people rushing to assume there's a fire are likely more correct than the skeptics demanding to see the flames enveloping the building before rushing to any judgement.
I don't claim that the comment is wrong (I have no knowledge of Boeings internals and it actually fits my biases, too), but I still wouldn't qualify it as evidence.
There's solid evidence that there's a metaphorical fire; trusting an anonymous internet comment actually weakens/poisons the pile of evidence.
Isn’t speculating wildly on the internet that an internet comment is fake just about the cheapest shot there is? The comment does include many verifiable details…
I'm not making the accusations against Boeing, so I'm not the one who needs to provide evidence. I've also also given clear points on why I assume the comment to be fake and I did so with my known username attached - so no, it's not just a cheap shot :-)
Also note that I never claimed that the comment is wrong (I have no private knowledge about Boeings processes), just that the comment could easily be fake.
On the other hand, wouldn't that also sound like something someone completely unqualified could easily make up and it would just fit our own bias enough to avoid thinking about it too critically?
Complaining about Boeings quality, especially in the 737 Max department, is just an easy and cheap shot.