Boeing Boeing - part the twelfth

Well, well. May haps this new release points to at least some at Boeing possibly asserting that those engines need to be under the wing. Ya think?

Some assessments of the 737 Max's design were particularly crass. Messages that were emailed in April 2017, a month after the first version of the plane was certified, show one employee described the airplane as "designed by clowns, who in turn are supervised by monkeys." Another comment added: "piss poor design."

These messages refer to the design, not the MCAS software. I would expect that aeroengineers are concerned with the physical characteristics of the aircraft. And, may haps, we'll find someone at Boeing stating what is now obvious: put those damned engines where they belong. Finding such confirmation must lead to the Worst Case Scenario.