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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Hell no. FAA needs to realize what a disaster they’ve created by allowing self regulation of this industry and Crack down to a level that essentially strangulates a company like Boeing. Let them die and allow space for something newer with a quality and safety focus to grow. Saying they’ve fired people and put new people in won’t change anything. They’ll still slack on safety for profits.

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Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The sad part is that will never happen in a timely manner as things stand currently, thanks to SCOTUS weakening the powers of federal agencies. The FAA should put their foot down, but it will likely get dragged out in legal battles over “the meaning of words like ‘safety.’”

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- evatronic@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thomas Jefferson never added airplane safety regulations to the Constitution ergo, it’s completely unregulated. Also, Justice Alito would like to cite a man with tapestries tied to his arms as he jumped off a cliff in the 9th century saying of course it’s safe.
  
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ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve wondered about this, killing the “company” never really seemed like that big of a deal, as the structure (both physical building/tool/systems and operationally) don’t simply vanish. You still have the knowledge and skillsets in the population, and the supply chains still exist.

The real problem with these “too big to fail” entities is that the people pulling the levers that cause failures never have any consequences whatsoever.

Yeah, you’ll always need banks, energy, transportation, defence etc - operational mechanisms for exchanging goods, building, buying etc will never go away or ‘fail’ - but their operational practices absolutely could and should change

I’m so sick of the wealth class abusing absolutely everything to guarantee themselves more money than they could ever spend.

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Eldritch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sure the FAA needs to do this. We also need to fund the FAA and other regulatory agencies at the level they could. Whole towns in Texas have had large portions of them vaporized. Due to no proper OSHA and hazardous chemical safety handling inspection and accountability. And yes you read that right. Plural, it’s happened multiple times.

Often tens to hundreds of inspectors at most. Employed by these agencies are responsible for inspecting tens of thousands of sites each across several States because they are so under staffed and funded. And you want to guess who’s responsible?

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Skunk@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sadly getting something new and better will take decades and Airbus cannot handle the (airline) market alone. They also need to have a concurrent cause having an Airbus monopoly could make them sloppy on the long run. The C suite at Airbus are probably the first ones to want Boeing to survive as they know the trouble they’ll be in if they are alone.

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- ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Nah. The C suite would love it if they were the only game in town. Shareholder profits and stock goes through the roof. They don’t have competition so they don’t have to innovate or improve anything but profits. They get a HUGE bump in net worth and “retire” while still collecting their board approved stock options.
  
  Yes the company would eventually kill a ton of people and might be shut down like Boeing, but “I got mine, fuck you”.
  
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  - Skunk@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah I’m not sure about that. Work culture, and even C suite culture, is very different in Europe.
    
    Airbus publicly said they want Boeing to continue being a good opponent. The comments on this video talks a lot about working for one or the other manufacturer and the differences in the way people are treated.
    
    Airbus is still lead by an engineer and not an accountant. That could change for sure but EU country won’t let it slip to a shit company as easy as it happened in the US, just because of our culture.
    
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    ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Of course a company would say that they don’t want a monopoly publicly. If it’s known they are, or want a monopoly, then they are more likely to fall in public favor and get hit with fines and legal action, hurting shareholder profits.
    
    You have a lot of faith that capitalism won’t do a capitalism when the opportunity presents itself.
    
    Yes Europe has a lot better hold against the evils of capitalism, but it’s still capitalistic.
    
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