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Can we, like, cool down a little bit on the 'OMG, yet another Boeing had a problem!!1!' posts? This issue was already submitted as https://news.ycombinator.com/
by PreInternet01 3y ago
Can we, like, cool down a little bit on the 'OMG, yet another Boeing had a problem!!1!' posts? This issue was already submitted as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39118095 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39118095 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39114528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39114528 and seems... uninteresting? I can tail -f avherald.com as well as the next person, but come on...
The last 757 was delivered over two decades ago, at a time when, allegedly, Boeing still had a proper engineering culture. So, this seems more like a maintenance-slash-really-bad-luck thing than a pervasive manufacturing malpractice scandal.
In any case: I would be royally annoyed when flying Delta out of Atlanta on a 757, but mostly because these planes tend to be noisy and cramped, not because of any particular safety concerns...