This is the result of capitalism. That’s all you needed to say.
Comment on Alaska Airlines Grounds Fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9 Jets After Midair ‘Incident’
maynarkh@feddit.nl 8 months ago
This is the result of corporate America not holding its executives personally accountable for gross negligence, and the unregulated monopolistic nature of a bunch of markets. It is well known in the industry that the whole fiasco regarding the 737 Max is caused by the acquisition of McDonnell-Douglas, and its shitty management that integrated with Boeing.
Who was held responsible for those 300 people dying? Who would have been for these guys? Who will be for the next accident?
4am@lemm.ee 8 months ago
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
You can have capitalism and still hold corporations responsible for gross negligence.
greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
But that’s not working now, is it?
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
That’s not an inherent problem with capitalism. That’s a problem with corrupt and/or lazy government.
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s quite weird that the company used to have a safety culture before the acquisition - just can’t imagine an aircraft company wanting to throw that away when it’s so valuable.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
It’s because the finance chucklefucks ran the numbers, saw data that indicated simply paying out injury and wrongful death settlements and safety penalties appeared to be cheaper than designing a new airframe, and went that route. It’s very literally all a numbers game, and the only numbers that really matter to these idiots are the ones with $ in the front.
Untitled4774@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I just watched Fight Club again, and this was literally Ed Norton’s character’s job.
a x b x c
If the number for the recall or redesign is higher than the lawsuits, they don’t do it. They let people die.
The only way to fight it is to have an automatic adjustment to all unit and wrongful death payouts times 10, hell 1000. There should be no cost on a human life.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
lol I gotta watch that again
kcuf@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Watch the documentaries, the former MD board basically took over Boeing, moved leadership out of WA to Chicago, set up separate plants (one in Georgia not sure if there are more) to counter union/worker demands in WA, etc. This has been a long process resulting in the rotting of the company from the inside out. The 787 was the first example of their garbage - - even though I like the plane, it had a lot of issues.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
Mergers of this type usually have one corporate culture win out over the other. In this case, Boeing’s corporate culture lost out and with it, their safety culture.