• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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    92 years ago

    Would never fly on anything Boeing makes at this point. It still amazes me that nobody went to jail over 737 max.

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      2 years ago

      I get the sentiment, but apparently this particular model is absurdly popular. Of all passenger planes in the world, 17% are Boeing 737-800’s. Crash a random plane and it has a good chance of being a Boeing 737-800.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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        82 years ago

        The sentiment comes from reading about how Boeing managers made a callous decision to push out 737 max despite the protests of engineers who knew these things were flying coffins. It’s a window into how decisions are made in these companies.

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          Yeah seriously. People are screeching about REEE CHINESE CORRUPTION AND POOR MANAGEMENT CAUSED THIS, but without knowing anything about this including which plane was involved, my first thought was “I wonder if it was a Boeing plane.”

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        2 years ago

        It’s important to consider that all the commercial aircraft accidents with fatalities in the last few years involved Boeing planes caused by their negligence in safety.

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          22 years ago

          I call BS on this. The Max crashes had nothing to do with negligence, and Airbus planes seems to be doing fine with the same “negligent” people.

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            Negligence on the part of Boeing when designing and safety testing the plane. Not negligence on the part of the airline staff this time