Originally Posted by
Yaatri
Maybe so, but it's easy to test in a lab. Unlike issues that arise only in field trials, air trials or in operation, how much light the windows will block is easily tested in labs.
I bet that they did not account for additive effect of a small percentage of light coming through each of a hundred or so windows.
I am not making that argument, but one can make the argument that if Boeing cannot get something so simple right, how can it be trusted to have done other things, especially which are not so obvious to a lay person, well?
Maybe--and remember, every piece of equipment on that plane was manufactured by the lowest bidder. However, I'm not sure you're comparing apples to apples. Just because the window dimmer needs to dim a bit more doesn't mean the engine cowlings are going to fail.