LOL, reddit comment

[Zach the Mystic via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 at 02:52:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/26/2015 6:38 PM, Zach the Mystic wrote:
>> Unfortunately, even Boeing isn't what it used to be:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvkEpstd9os
>
> One thing that one learns when working on engineering projects 
> is journalists have zero engineering and mathematical 
> knowledge, and what they write about engineering is full of 
> hysteria, ignorance, and misinformation.
>
> BTW, in the 1960s, journalists all thought the 747 wouldn't 
> even fly (too big). Early 747s also had major engine problems. 
> They were fixed.

Yeah, I don't know. But unless they staged the whole thing, this 
report was pretty damaging and depressing. I'm not sure what to 
think. I don't want to jump to conclusions.