I can’t imagine why that would be the case, but if I were a previous client of Boeing I would strongly consider changing my name

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  • ProgAimerGirl [she/her, comrade/them]
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    4 months ago

    looks like you can't off two whistleblowers a week before the literal door falls off one of your airliners in midflight without taking a couple HITS to your BOTTOM LINE

    • Jew [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      Don't forget their failed space pod launch. Can't even stop helium from leaking despite their billions of dollars in the project.

      https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-helium-leaks-assessment

      • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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        4 months ago

        Some of those checkouts are focusing on the potential effect of helium leaks, five of which have been detected on Starliner to date. One was spotted before launch but eventually deemed to pose little risk to full mission success. Four more have now been discovered while Starliner is in space, but that isn't necessarily cause for alarm.

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  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 months ago

    vague memory but didn't they do a PR stunt where a Boeing executive took a 737 flight sitting in the same seat where the door blew out and she looked kind of nervous

  • porcupine@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 months ago

    "Low Boeing sales embolden China, which is why we must give Boeing an additional tax credit for every passenger killed aboard their aircraft. This will break the unfortunate link between passenger fatalities and low sales being caused by China's anticompetitive non-market behavior."

  • Staines [he/him, they/them]
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    4 months ago

    Airlines are desperate for anything with wings they can get their hands on right now, and even then they don't want to take the chance on Boeing.

    • mayo_cider [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      They should just offer 1st class tickets to the whistle blowers, fix one problem with another

  • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    Good thing Boeing Aerospace is making a killing with defence contracts...

  • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    Critical support to Boeing in its efforts to combat climate change by reducing the viability of air travel

    • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]
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      4 months ago

      I have to travel by air soon, and I'm so, so scared. Likely it'll be fine, the total probability of a catastrophe happening on any given flight is still super low, but jeez, it sucks that I'm afraid of a thing we had pretty much totally sorted like 20 years ago. Capitalism can eat my whole ass