Boeing’s 737 Max software outsourced to US$9-an-hour engineers
It remains the mystery at the heart of Boeing’s 737 Max crisis: How a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes. Long-time Boeing engineers say the effort was complicated by a push to outsource work to lower-paid contractors. The Max software was developed at a time Boeing was laying off experienced engineers and pressing suppliers to cut costs. Increasingly, the planemaker and its subcontractors have relied on temporary workers making as little as US$9 an hour to develop and test software, often from countries lacking a deep background in aerospace -- notably India. Sales are one reason to send the work overseas. In exchange for a $11b order in 2005 from Air India, Boeing promised to invest $1.7b in Indian companies. <br/>
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Boeing’s 737 Max software outsourced to US$9-an-hour engineers
It remains the mystery at the heart of Boeing’s 737 Max crisis: How a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes. Long-time Boeing engineers say the effort was complicated by a push to outsource work to lower-paid contractors. The Max software was developed at a time Boeing was laying off experienced engineers and pressing suppliers to cut costs. Increasingly, the planemaker and its subcontractors have relied on temporary workers making as little as US$9 an hour to develop and test software, often from countries lacking a deep background in aerospace -- notably India. Sales are one reason to send the work overseas. In exchange for a $11b order in 2005 from Air India, Boeing promised to invest $1.7b in Indian companies. <br/>
