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Scott Ferrin wrote:

Look at the changes they had to make to the F-15: a dogtooth on the
horizontal stab and clipped wingtips. Did anybody care? That's what
testing is for. Would people rather discover and FIX the problems or
discover them and bury them so people don't squak?

Like the recent three week grounding of the Eurofighter because the
*brakes* didn't work... (one little circuit was badly designed, and it
took them that long to figure it out and fix it).

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Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.