Former engineer of 30 years Adam Dickson told the BBC that worker faced an 'incredibly pressurized' design process.
which compromised the safety of the plane, including relatively inexperienced engineers overseeing Boeing’s early work on the MCAS software.: “My family won't fly on a 737 Max. It's frightening to see such a major incident because of a system that didn't function properly or accurately," Dickson told the BBC.: Boeing has so far sold some 5,000 units of the 737, but the firm has come under increasing scrutiny over its safety and its focus on the stock market.
The firm’s share price has dramatically increased over the past five years, following a spending spree to buy someBoeing has been working to fix the MCAS software which downed the two flights in the space of five months, after a sensor which was supposed to work out the angle the planes were flying at failed, without a backup. The technology was supposed to help pilots used to older versions of the 737 feel more at ease with the controls, however the software had not been introduced in training.
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