Plus, in the case of bridges, and in some mechanical, manufacturing engineering you are building systems that could kill people. Ĭertified Manufacturing Engineer - CMfgE 4 yr 8 yr Certified Engineering Manager - CEM 4 yr 8 yrĮven when I got my EE, there was a test I was supposed to take for some entry level engineering test (forgot the name of the test) if I wanted to enter in the electrical/computer engineering field. I think this is an example engineering certification. In some cases, if they don't get the proper engineering certification they can't work, can't sign their name to engineering blue-prints, etc. I have thought about this too and I have worked with engineers (manufacturing, some actually worked with Haliburton/MWH (ironically enough) and they have to be mentored by a higher level engineer, etc, have to get certified. Human lives have a finite value and we denominate that value with the same metric as everything else: dollars (or gold bullion if you're a libertarian). Do you think that there is any country in the world where ordinary people have access to the same health care as Bill Gates or Dick Cheney? Why not? Cost? How do you think that medical systems work? Is there anywhere in the world where your yearly checkup includes every possible blood test for every possible disease? If not, why not? Cost. Because a dollar more spent to save a life in one context might cause a dollar less to be spent to save a life elsewhere. Now has your innovation saved lives or cost lives? Of course you need to put a price on lives. And the overall drag on the economy makes everything (including food and medicine) more expensive. And (even) fewer refugees can be flown out of war-torn countries. If ticket prices double, then this reduces the number of doctors that Doctors Without Borders can send into the field. put a plane within a plane and keep both maintained to the same level of confidence). Imagine that this adds a half to the ticket price (I can imagine some really, really, expensive ways to make planes safer.e.g. That is in turn passed along to the travellers. This price is of course passed along to the airlines. Panique: let's say that EVERY invention that ANYONE came come up with to save human lives is added to every plane.
I told them I thought it was pretty unethical, especially considering that the passengers ultimately pay for the aircraft. I suggested human life was priceless, and he promptly informed me that the metric to compare against was the probable payout of a wrongful death suit. After some time, his colleague spoke up and said they would never use titanium because of the cost. I suggested stronger moorings of titanium, and broader floor panels, so three rows of seats would be linked together, thus reducing the probability of the break-away and tumble scenario. We were discussing the issue of passenger seats breaking away and tumbling during a plane crash. Both engineers from Lockheed, and both worked on aircraft. I mean it really should not be, but one visit over the holidays some years back, to my ex-gfs house, I was yakking with her dad and one of his colleagues. Engineers have a certain line that they will not, cannot cross.
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