If tests fail, eliminate them

JSF Program Ditches Tests To Protect Schedule:

A major operational test series planned for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been abandoned in an attempt to protect the schedule for delivering a fully operational aircraft, according to the just-released fiscal 2014 report on the program from the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E).

As I understand it, the F-35 has suffered from increases in scope, schedule and cost. Quality sacrificed. Good thing there are no lives on the line. Oh wait…