If it’s Boeing I’m not going.
Comment on Whistleblower urges Boeing to ground all 787 Dreamliners after safety warning
Dreizehn@kbin.social 2 months ago
After watching the documentary about Boeing's South Carolina production site, no thanks. I do not want to fall from the sky like a bucket of juice. Airbus is more appealing to me.
espentan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Templa@beehaw.org 2 months ago
I’m surprised Embraer isn’t more popular.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s considered the 3rd biggest player in commercial plane market, but they are tiny in comparison. They have a lot of backend infrastructure built to keep operating, but they don’t have the capital to swing for new, risky designs. One miss and they are at bankruptcy level.
They also missed the mark with their latest Embraer 175-E2 design by not being able to keep the weight under the US scope clause, so they lost a huge market segment.
Templa@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Even before all this I always used to prefer traveling through Embraer planes. I have an irrational fear of flying after an awful turbulence I’ve experienced.
There’s this air company in Brazil called Azul and their fleet is pretty much a mix of Embraer and Airbus.
Murvel@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Owned by Boeing
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
No it’s not. There was a deal in 2020 about a joint venture, but it failed. Brazilian government also has golden shares that give them veto power in certain circumstances.
Murvel@lemm.ee 2 months ago
True enough
Templa@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Almost, but the deal failed thankfully!
henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Before all of the stuff I used to not pay any attention what planes were part of my route. Now it’s definitely a factor I consider.
holycrap@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I think airbus is going to own the market after this
Wooki@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No they cant manufacture fast enough and dont have the capacity, top it off covid lay waste to the industry
Fermion@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Do we have any sort of reassurance that airbus hasn’t also suffered an erosion of safety culture in favor of cost cutting and faster production?
pacmondo@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Nope! But the other option is proven to be so, what choice do you really have if you want to fly?
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Not American.
TassieTosser@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Being 25% government owned?
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Airbus will share the market with Comac. Boeing will slowly sink into irrelevance.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Makes you wonder how many planes are in the sky with a door that has almost fallen off, but not quite yet.