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‘If it’s Boeing, I’m not going’: Some travelers nervous to fly after recent plane issues (www.wfla.com)

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because diligent, intelligent, and talented people were systematically told to shut the fuck up about safety and just crank up the numbers for 25-30 years because it stopped being run by engineers around that time. Boeing literally had their middle managers berating their specialist for uncovering issues in manufacturing processes and trying to quality-hold certain parts and operations. What part of that is not on leadership and management?

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can check my recent post history - I'm no friend of management. Tens of thousands of paychecks still rely on Boeing selling airplanes.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, I get it. But you’re categorically ignoring the concept of wage slavery, and the fact that this is a textbook example of one of the negative outcomes of wage slavery.

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, no. I'm pointing out that I'm in the supply chain for Boeing lol

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Lmao I’m sorry, I misinterpreted your earlier comments 😂

On a more serious note: as someone who’s also worked for big aerospace in the past, it must be really frustrating to watch the engineering excellence that Boeing used to represent kinda fall apart over the years :(