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Falling out


Typically a phrase associated with two individuals or entities falling out of favor with each other.  Could be a personal issue or an organizational issue.  Then there is also nuclear fall out.  As  in  mass extinction.

I am going to expand on a different version.  This pertains to the recent falling out of new(ish) aircraft from  the sky.  I refer to the Boeing 737 Max version of the short haul twin engine planes.  Made by Boeing Aerospace in Seattle  Typically the 737 model has  been a workhorse.  It has served the airline industry well and has reaped great profits for the company and its shareholders.

But the recent discovery that two perfectly new planes of its most recent update - named the 737 MAX -  fell out of the sky killing around 400 people is not good.  In fact it is very bad.

So the share price of the company and its valuation as a consequence fell too.  It is a long post mortem of the situation to determine root cause with black box data and so on  but the finger pointing is now focusing on poorly designed or quality checked software and lack of training on part of Boeing. 

I think in history many changes take place at a pace sometimes unfavorable to those affected but in this case someone lost their lives.  A software issue in an invoicing or shipping or social application has limited impact but the stakes are higher when you entrust your lives to someone.

Lessons will be learned and process modified but capitalism and value of human life will again bang heads as they recalibrate where to  draw the line between profits and safety.

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