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Originally Posted by Maksutov
If the landing gear had been manufactured in accordance with Six Sigma and/or Lean, it would have collapsed the second it experienced any unusual stresses that weren't part of the conventional landing profile specification. Any safety factors to account such out-of-spec performance issues would have been eliminated by the Black Belts and bean counters during the design phase in order to minimize cost and maximize profits.
If properly investigated, I'm sure it'll be a pink slip for the engineer(s) who wasted such valuable resources and potentially had a negative effect on company profits.
Meanwhile, congrats to the crew for a successful landing, the flight controllers who brought them in safely to the best runway available for this situation, and the emergency response personnel who were ready just in case.  |
Interesting swipe at Six Sigma. Doesn't fit the description of how the principles are applied in our shop though. It occurs to me that there are pretty wide parameters for the application of the principles, and tools, but we consider risk mitigation extremely important, and the finance people do not get to decide anything alone. Their input is part of most decisions, but is only one of many factors. Actually, I'm amazed at the amount we do spend on risk mitigation. But we are almost never down, and that is very good for our bottom line in the long run.
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