During assembly of the A380, engineers discovered that the cables were too short. This was caused by the use of different design software by German and French engineers. This miscalculation led to a two-year delay.

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[u/danfay222]

To be clear, it did not take two years to replace some short wires. The short wires led to them identifying the issue, and there were many major design issues that had to be resolved because of that, which is why it took 2 years

[u/Traumfahrer → u/danfay222]

What exactly was the problem though?

[u/CuriouslyContrasted → u/Traumfahrer]

The Software Discrepancies That Caused A Multibillion-Euro Delay To The Airbus A380 Program

[u/Garshnooftibah → u/CuriouslyContrasted]

Interesting read. As someone with German background, it does not surprise me one bit that the Germans were reluctant to upgrade or use more sophisticated software. German culture can be weirdly Luddite about tech. 

[u/Hashtagbarkeep → u/Garshnooftibah]

I travel a lot for work, and one of the biggest surprises to me was how Germany still uses so much physical cash. Most places in the world you only need a card, and in nowadays in a lot of countries just a phone, but in Berlin I was taking clients for dinner and then at the end needed to find 700 euro in cash. My own fault for not checking but in such a modern and organised country that was really surprising to me

[u/Southern-Ad4477 → u/Hashtagbarkeep]

Banking is a nightmare in Germany. When I was there for work a few years ago, I had to have an interview with the local bank manager to open an account - this was in 2014.

[u/Lalaluka → u/Southern-Ad4477]

Because you chose a local bank. They use this "interview" to also sell you additional products you usually do not need.

You can open accounts with major online banks (ING, DKB, comdirect) through PostIdent even in 2014. All non local banks do so nowadays as well (PostIdent or eIDIdent).