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> Boeing is under justifiably intense scrutiny for many of its manufacturing and engineering practices Well that yes, but not just the engineering and manufact
by gklitz 2y ago
> Boeing is under justifiably intense scrutiny for many of its manufacturing and engineering practices
Well that yes, but not just the engineering and manufacturing practices or apparent lack of safety, also the extremely suspicious conditions of the deaths of whistleblowers who came forwards against them. So far two are dead.
- dash2 2y agoThis is a conspiracy theory. At least one of the deaths is not suspicious, and the person's family have said so themselves.
- peterfirefly 2y ago“To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
- lupusreal 2y ago"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."
- marginalia_nu 2y agoWell, yes, it's the very definition of a conspiracy theory. That doesn't mean it's automatically false though.
- illiac786 2y ago> Well, yes, it's the very definition of a conspiracy theory What is? > That doesn't mean it's automatically false though. No, just significantly less likely than the other going theories. Note that I wouldn’t put it past Boeing (or actually, more likely, a Boeing investor) to kill. But without any evidence I’d refrain to make such accusations.
- marginalia_nu 2y ago> No, just significantly less likely than the other going theories. The likelihood of the explanation needs to be balanced with the unlikelihood of the two already unlikely events happening independently of each other. When you're seeing statistically unlikely events, it's downright reasonable to examine whether the game is rigged somehow. One whistleblower dropping dead is curious timing, but ultimately plausible; it's a stressful situation after all. Two of them drop dead? While it's not established beyond reasonable doubt based on the unlieky timing and strong motive alone, some sort of conspiracy to retaliate against the whistleblowers is definitely one of the less far fetched theories. Weird and oddly personal criminal behavior is something that happens in the corporate world[1] [1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/investigation-ebay-employees-stalk-harass-couple-60-minutes-transcript-2023-03-26/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/investigation-ebay-employees-st...
- illiac786 2y agoBut if one has been confirmed as natural, then we’re back to > One whistleblower dropping dead is curious timing right? I like some cold statistics too but in this case I wouldn’t say they support some machiavellic scenario.
- shafyy 2y agoThe conspiracy theory is that Boeing hired somebody to kill the whistleblowers. But even if they committed suicide (which is more likely), it is because of the immense pressure but on them by Boeing. Which, in my book, is as bad as hiring a hitman.
- lamontcg 2y agoThe guy who died of MRSA in a hospital didn't die of suicide. That is a failure of our healthcare system.