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A new book explains the tragic failure of Boeing’s 737 Max
- helsinkiandrew 5y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20211126085030/https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/11/27/a-new-book-explains-the-tragic-failure-of-boeings-737-max https://web.archive.org/web/20211126085030/https://www.econo...
- iso8859-1 5y agoThis doesn't bypass the paywall.
- helsinkiandrew 5y ago> The Justice Department’s investigation of what it called the “737 max Fraud Conspiracy” resulted only in one deferred prosecution (a kind of corporate plea deal). An unnamed pilot suggests a different title to Mr Robison: “Boeing got away with it” I wonder if they really got away with it - will the public think twice about Boeing's competence when booking flights or airlines when purchasing planes. If they had been taken to court, paid a massive fine, procedures/structure changed and a few heads publicly rolled - would the 'new Boeing' be in a better position for the future?
- sokoloff 5y ago> will the public think twice about Boeing's competence when booking flights No. Make it $5 cheaper and the public will buy it. (That’s how “unbundling” became so effective and why you get nickel and dimed by a lot of carriers now: so they can compete on headline price on online travel aggregators.) > or airlines when purchasing planes. Unless the previous is “definitely yes!”, this one is also no.
- JudasGoat 5y agohttps://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Fbooks-and-arts%2F2021%2F11%2F27%2Fa-new-book-explains-the-tragic-failure-of-boeings-737-max https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Fbo...