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[–] [email protected] 118 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wish that this somehow translated to the people in charge of the shitshow being replaced, but I'm pretty sure it's the workers who will suffer instead. This failure is 1000% on an executive culture of "cut corners so line goes up", not the thousands of people who actually build the darn things.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s always the workers that suffer, even when things aren’t going horribly wrong. Corporations don’t care about people, they care about money. Making money, saving money, in that order. Employees are just numbers to them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Employees are just numbers to them.

But unlike other numbers, those numbers must go down.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I hope the max dies.

Not because of the risks. The issues with it are important and any plane with those problems needs to go.

Specifically the max8 and max9, though. The option for that plane to make it the most cramped, uncomfortable, unhealthy plane in existence - the only option seemingly chosen by purchasers - means it has to go.

For Christ's sake, I needed to use the rear loo and the separation between my shoes in the loo and the Stew's shoes in the galley was ... A restroom partition with no bottom. No shit; well, full disclosure, much data was released. And they had to suffer it and then deliver snacks to passengers. It was embarrassing, horrible, unsafe; it was barbaric because I wasn't well. I could see their shoes not a foot from mine, and there was no visual or audio barrier between us; certainly no air barrier.

Those planes need to go. The person who dreamt up that configuration and offered it must be humiliated by the Hague.

Okay. Rant over.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Wait, there are planes where the toilets are not fully enclosed?? In a tightly sealed cabin??? This is beyond disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I mean, I too would not be real interested in a vehicle where parts have been known to fall off or small safety issues like oh I don't know PLOWING INTO THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They don't plow into the ground. They enter it in a perfect vertical akin to top Olympic divers, and to claim any less is libel

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

True, plowing implies work done to ready the land, this is more like swan lake playing on an old TV being tossed off an overpass.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Why aren't you buying our planes?

Umm, because planes are supposed to fly and remain intact?

:o

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure that they can find a way to open doors towards new opportunities if they try

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Those doors will open themselves for them!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

You know what they say, when life closes a door, sometimes another might fall off.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

No. Stop. Think of the C-suite’s golden parachutes. Whatever shall we do.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

More time for them to build bombs and weapons and missilzzz! 😵‍💫

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Saudi Arabia which usually was a Boeing customer recently made a big Airbus order and might consider Comac in the future.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The Comac/Bombardier C919 is so cool man. It's really the successor to Bombardier's commercial airline initiatives that got nuked by Boeing and the DOJ.

Seriously. Fuck Boeing and fuck the DOJ.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

America gonna have to bomb some poor global south country to bail boeing out lmao

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Boeing, based in Arlington, Virginia, delivered 24 jetliners in May, including 19 Max jets. Ireland's Ryanair got four and Alaska Airlines took three.

the Alaska Airlines jokes just write themselves.😂😂😂