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submitted 10 months ago by HowRu68@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

And here we go again, another bOING 737 Max.

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[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 122 points 10 months ago

This is the result of corporate America not holding its executives personally accountable for gross negligence, and the unregulated monopolistic nature of a bunch of markets. It is well known in the industry that the whole fiasco regarding the 737 Max is caused by the acquisition of McDonnell-Douglas, and its shitty management that integrated with Boeing.

Who was held responsible for those 300 people dying? Who would have been for these guys? Who will be for the next accident?

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Weird that the company used to have a safety culture before the acquisition - I just can't imagine an aircraft company wanting to throw that away when it's so valuable to customer trust.

[-] kcuf@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Watch the documentaries, the former MD board basically took over Boeing, moved leadership out of WA to Chicago, set up separate plants (one in Georgia not sure if there are more) to counter union/worker demands in WA, etc. This has been a long process resulting in the rotting of the company from the inside out. The 787 was the first example of their garbage - - even though I like the plane, it had a lot of issues.

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