airplane Posted March 15 Posted March 15 (edited) Ooof…. Boeing previously lied to the FAA which is why they won’t certify the upcoming 777X. They’re losing trust by the day. It’s not looking good! Quote Boeing has now been criminally charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by the Department of Justice and will have to pay a $2.5 billion fine for lying to the Federal Aviation Administration before and after the fatal 737 crashes in 2018 and 2019. Edited March 15 by airplane
mercurialworld Posted March 15 Posted March 15 We need to ground all Boeing planes until we figure out what the hell is going on 5 4
Bubble Tea Posted March 15 Posted March 15 The Sydney to Auckland LATAM flight event has been in the news a lot here in New Zealand and it sounds really awful. People were THROWN up against the ceiling suddenly and people have like injured their necks and spines and the food cart smashed into people. Scary! 1 1
Trent W Posted March 15 Posted March 15 I have to fly a lot this summer and will be avoiding these planes like plague 1
airplane Posted March 15 Author Posted March 15 6 minutes ago, Katamari said: It’s getting weird tbh Is this a curse? Lying to get their aircraft certified faster failing safety audits Not investing in skilled engineers. 2
Moloko Plus Posted March 15 Posted March 15 The fact that they’re only facing large fines and no one is receiving prison time is the reason these corporations keep trying to skirt regulations. A ******* mess 5 3
Letemtalk Posted March 15 Posted March 15 Boeing have very strong ties to senior politicians in both major parties. At one stage Boeing had both Nikki Haley and Caroline Kennedy on the board of directors. Boeing will be just fine and the next headline you will hear will be when they're awarded another huge defence contract.
Mean Trees Posted March 16 Posted March 16 48 minutes ago, Letemtalk said: Boeing have very strong ties to senior politicians in both major parties. At one stage Boeing had both Nikki Haley and Caroline Kennedy on the board of directors. Boeing will be just fine and the next headline you will hear will be when they're awarded another huge defence contract. Let's hope that Boeing defense products have even worse quality issues as their civilian ones. 2
Illuminati Posted March 16 Posted March 16 (edited) 1 hour ago, Moloko Plus said: The fact that they’re only facing large fines and no one is receiving prison time is the reason these corporations keep trying to skirt regulations. A ******* mess It depends on how you look at it, a large enough fine would set the whole company back, except they're never that large. An imprisonment would just shift some people around I guess both would be ideal but they're never strict enough in these cases Edited March 16 by Illuminati
Starshine Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Idk but our politicians needs to severely audit Boeing and the Pentagon doing shady **** bts.
reymiu Posted March 16 Posted March 16 The story of the dead whistleblower (John Barnett) is scary af y'all https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/103593106 1
Peak Now Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Jeez this is actually scary oh the US and its military-industrial complex...
ZeroSuitBritney Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Can we see what plane flights would be using before we book it?
Archetype Posted March 16 Posted March 16 I have a United Boeing flight on Sunday wtf, if ya'll don't hear from me on Monday, then you know what happened.
airplane Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 54 minutes ago, ZeroSuitBritney said: Can we see what plane flights would be using before we book it? Yeah, usually can
Scabandplaster Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Boeing has always been such a shady, powerful corporation. I know people that worked there and they fully drank the kool aid as if they don't supply and profit of of war.
BraveNewSeth Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Lmaoooooo. And people wonder why I’m ******* terrified of flying. 1
Mr. Mendes Posted March 16 Posted March 16 (edited) Absolutely begging people to stop losing their minds over this stuff. No one has been seriously injured. No one has died. No one will die. The media loves to sensationalize air incidents. Why? Because they’re rare. There has not been a fatal air crash in the US since 2009 and they’re desperate to latch onto any sort of mechanical issue and turn it into a near death experience. None of the planes that have had incidents in the last couple of months was EVER even close to crashing. At no point were the pilots or cabin crew EVER out of control of the situation. Airplanes are built with multiple failsafes. Airplanes can even stay airborne for a great deal of time even if both engines completely shut off. These flights making emergency landings were not landing because they were in danger of crashing, they were landing because they were flying close enough to an airport (which is a law) to immediately touch down and assess the problem and tend to any passengers that may be seriously hurt (and there were none). The media doesn’t know how airplanes work, nor do they know the actual details of what happened in these incidents they’re reporting. They will make it sound infinitely worse than it was in actuality because it drives clicks and engagement. The only wildly abnormal thing that has happened on a Boeing is the door on Alaska Air which is a design flaw that has been fixed. Instrument panel problems, shedding landing gear, all of it happens all the time and you never hear about it. Know why? Because it isn’t serious. The media would like you to believe it is but not a single one of the issues that have been reported on in regards to Boeing ever put the plane in danger of crashing. Not one. Zero. You’re only hearing about this because of the media storm, which will go away. And to that, Boeing is run by assholes im not gonna sit here and sing their praises and defend their stupidity, but its SO reckless to paint all this stuff as a mega disaster waiting to happen when it is nothing of the sort. Hundreds of thousands of flights take place on Boeing planes every week. Millions every year. And every one of those people has landed unharmed. Everyone is letting a small handful of less than deadly events cause a fuss and ignoring the billions of people who fly that are absolutely fine in every possible way. Do not let people who don’t know how airplanes work tell you that they’re dangerous. Edited March 16 by Mr. Mendes 1
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