FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s

Post by lostlogin » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 8:47 PM UTC

AdrianB1 wrote: post #136

akira2501 wrote: post #100

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> B was pressured to buy McD for 'national security' reasons. Creating monopolies and reducing suppliers actually harms "national security." Our braindead managerial class in action.

That is correct. However MDD was manufacturing key military products (F-15, F-18) and it was doing bad financially, going bankrupt and jeopardizing the fighter plane production and maintenance was a "national security" problem that forced the Boeing acquisition of MDD.

Post by jcadam » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 8:47 PM UTC

Post by mertd » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 8:48 PM UTC

Miraste wrote: post #191

rootusrootus wrote: post #97

One troubling aspect of this is that it appears Alaska had reason to believe something was wrong with this plane but basically ignored it. They were getting pressurization warnings on prior flights, but the only action they took was restricting the plane from flying ETOPS routes. They're the dominant carrier in my area, so these sorts of screwups make me nervous. I can't easily avoid using them without a fair amount…

I haven't trusted Alaska since the Flight 261 crash, where they failed to do basic maintenance for so long that the screw threads in the stabilizer system wore away and locked the plane in the "straight down" orientation. And fired and sued a mechanic who reported the problem. 100% fatalities.

Post by dkjaudyeqooe » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 8:49 PM UTC

laweijfmvo wrote: post #236

thfuran wrote: post #215

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And it's not like driving is especially safe. It's just that traffic deaths are so routine that they're not generally widely reported, while pretty much every major issue with an airplane gets national attention. In the US, traffic deaths amount to the equivalent of a fully loaded 747 lost with all hands every couple days.

Whether it’s true or not, I feel like I control my fate when driving a lot more than when flying. I can take precautions (defensive driving, avoiding bad conditions, etc.) but have little to no control once I board a plane.

Post by JumpCrisscross » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 8:49 PM UTC

ethbr1 wrote: post #152

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #104

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Has there been any push to break up Boeing?

The problem with breaking up Boeing is Airbus. Nowadays, to realistically restore competiveness in an industry, you'd have to coordinate a worldwide breakup of similarly-integrated competitors.