Joe Sutter Quotes & Sayings

We built a jet airplane to get in and out of a 5,000-ft field. No one believed it could be done. — Joe Sutter

At the start of any program, asking questions is the most important part of the process. If you get [the customer's] requirements wrong, then you don't have a successful product. — Joe Sutter

If there's one lesson I can pass along to people in situations like mine, it's that the best way to see a program through -- and it took me a long time to learn this -- is simply to accept the help, cooperate, and let others do what they think is worthwhile. In the meantime, continue racing to the finish line. — Joe Sutter

When we were told it's impossible, we knew it's the right way to be done. — Joe Sutter

It wasn't until the jet engine came into being and that engine was coupled with special airplane designs - such as the swept wing - that airplanes finally achieved a high enough work capability, efficiency and comfort level to allow air transportation to really take off. — Joe Sutter