[randog]

Too bad journalists and editors aren't held to the same standard engineers are. A good 99% would be in jail by now.

[anymouse]

Well said. A bit of engineer bashing going on here. What isn't said is that in the above mentioned examples it was likely a pointy headed manager that overrode the engineer's more conservative approach.

How many reporters give half a seconds worth of thought into the implications of what they write? Engineers by nature consider the downside of their design failing - before they commit it to being built. Then they test and retest before subjecting the public to their product. Then some damn fool finds a way to break it and gets a lawyer to sue.

There was a time when engineers were heralded as makers of the bright future. Now whiny journalists complain and lawyers destroy careers. And we wonder why few students want to study engineering. :(