Recent simulator tests by the Federal Aviation Administration suggest the software issues on Boeing's best-selling model run deeper. Rabin, the former software engineer, recalled one manager saying at an all-hands meeting that Boeing didn't need senior engineers because its products were mature. In exchange for an $11 billion order in 2005 from Air India, Boeing promised to invest $1.7 billion in Indian companies. That same year, Boeing opened what it called a "center of excellence" with HCL in Chennai, saying the companies would partner "to create software critical for flight test." But outsourcing has long been a sore point for some Boeing engineers, who, in addition to fearing job losses say it has led to communications issues and mistakes.

Source: Ethiopian News June 28, 2019 21:00 UTC