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I wholeheartedly agree. They need to get an aerospace engineer back at CEO and not some MBA optimizing for quarterly reports. People are absolutely dying becau

I wholeheartedly agree. They need to get an aerospace engineer back at CEO and not some MBA optimizing for quarterly reports. People are absolutely dying because of an incoherent understanding of the value chain. The decision to outsource may please Wall Street for three months but it certainly hurts the brand in the long term. Boeing is in the business of R&D and production. That’s their value add. Fuck the investors, they’re literally killing people!

gvedem 3y ago
> Fuck the investors, they're literally killing people epitaph of the new century. from water that makes your teeth black to illegal drug trials in poor countries. corporations are amoral by design and we have to assume they will do literally anything to make a buck.
- gruez 3y ago
  >from water that makes your teeth black ???
  - chmod775 3y ago
    Tried to google it and found something about tap water with high iron content.
  - NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
    Fluoride is known to discolour teeth; also, inactive dental caries will turn dark, and most dentists will jump at the opportunity to drill that shit out.
- agumonkey 3y ago
  It's a toxic relationship. "I fund you so I decide whether you matter or not"
rpeden 3y ago
The previous CEO was an aerospace engineer. As was the CEO who moved the company's headquarters from Seattle to Chicago. So I'm not sure an engineering background is any guarantee they'll do better. But perhaps the company's recent problems will give an engineering-minded CEO a little more leverage to steer the company back toward engineering excellence, even in the face of pressure from the board and shareholders.
dontupvoteme 3y ago
Perhaps the government should create a fund which guarantees a hefty reward for whistleblowers on aviation companies/airlines, enough that they don't need to fear for their own livelihood and can effectively retire without loss of income if they expose something significant. Apparently AF261 had a whistleblower who had to sue in court for damages. That's not correct, that's not how this should be done.

gvedem 3y ago

> Fuck the investors, they're literally killing people epitaph of the new century. from water that makes your teeth black to illegal drug trials in poor countries. corporations are amoral by design and we have to assume they will do literally anything to make a buck.

gruez 3y ago
>from water that makes your teeth black ???
- chmod775 3y ago
  Tried to google it and found something about tap water with high iron content.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  Fluoride is known to discolour teeth; also, inactive dental caries will turn dark, and most dentists will jump at the opportunity to drill that shit out.
agumonkey 3y ago
It's a toxic relationship. "I fund you so I decide whether you matter or not"

rpeden 3y ago

The previous CEO was an aerospace engineer. As was the CEO who moved the company's headquarters from Seattle to Chicago. So I'm not sure an engineering background is any guarantee they'll do better. But perhaps the company's recent problems will give an engineering-minded CEO a little more leverage to steer the company back toward engineering excellence, even in the face of pressure from the board and shareholders.

dontupvoteme 3y ago

Perhaps the government should create a fund which guarantees a hefty reward for whistleblowers on aviation companies/airlines, enough that they don't need to fear for their own livelihood and can effectively retire without loss of income if they expose something significant. Apparently AF261 had a whistleblower who had to sue in court for damages. That's not correct, that's not how this should be done.