Boeing waited until after Lion Air crash to tell Southwest safety alert was off

Post by dsfyu404ed » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 6:00 PM UTC

BonesJustice wrote: post #12

dsfyu404ed wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm thinking of a particular congresswoman that almost certainly isn't going to do it because she'd lose the vote of pretty much every blue collar worker that aspires to have a stable job somewhere like Boeing. It's not an obvious political win. Edit: Ah, the good ol' "reality makes me unhappy so I'll shoot the messenger" down-votes. I don't know why I even comment in any of the Boeing threads anymore.

If it were me, I'd rail against the Boeing _leadership_. Frame it as management's greed putting blue collar jobs at risk (by putting sales and corporate reputation at risk).

Post by dontbenebby » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 6:08 PM UTC

mieseratte wrote: post #4

larrik wrote: post #2

Wow, I'd be surprised if some young congressperson doesn't make their career by publicly eviscerating Boeing soon.

I hope you don't think it's going to be a US congresscritter. "Why do you hate American jobs!"

Post by ogn3rd » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 6:11 PM UTC

ilikehurdles wrote: post #13

magtux wrote: post #6

I always had great respect for aerospace and thought they'd put safety above all else but seeing all this, Boeing seems like a fucking travesty.

Boeing opened its South Carolina plant to avoid a unionized workforce, and that plant has been responsible for producing these horrific excuses they call airplanes. They had the benefit of a doubt before, but now it's clear that Boeing's leadership, like that of other public companies, values cheap labor over safety.

Post by kevin_thibedeau » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 6:17 PM UTC

tastygreenapple wrote: post #15

magtux wrote: post #6

I always had great respect for aerospace and thought they'd put safety above all else but seeing all this, Boeing seems like a fucking travesty.

It didn't always used to be this way - at one point Boeing delivered planes that were substantially safer than their competitors. Moving the HQ to Chicago was a terrible idea. Companies like boeing should be managed by engineers not salespeople.

Post by tomatotomato37 » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 6:18 PM UTC

ilikehurdles wrote: post #13

magtux wrote: post #6

I always had great respect for aerospace and thought they'd put safety above all else but seeing all this, Boeing seems like a fucking travesty.

Boeing opened its South Carolina plant to avoid a unionized workforce, and that plant has been responsible for producing these horrific excuses they call airplanes. They had the benefit of a doubt before, but now it's clear that Boeing's leadership, like that of other public companies, values cheap labor over safety.