Luckily I don't have to worry I haven't been on a plane since 2010 i think. If I ever do need to again, I'll try to avoid Boeing. But maybe the issue will be fixed by then
Are there particular airlines that don't use boeing? Does it tell you the plane type when you're booking the ticket? I don't recall.
The safety whistleblower that recent took his own life.
Suuuure he did.
The safety whistleblower that recent "took his own life."ftfy
I actually tried to find rumors about companies eliminating people they find problematic but in the very least they've done a good job of covering up their deeds if the rumors do exist...I mean, looking at the circumstances, it's reasonable to be suspicious. Especially when Boeing is not only the only US manufacturer of airplanes in that class (and in the West generally they're part of a duopoly with Airbus), but they're a huge American defense contractor. I almost wonder if they did have him assassinated, if the assassin was late though. Given "former Boeing safety inspector takes own life amid Boeing safety flaws debacle" is a lot more innocuous of a headline than "Boeing Whistleblower found dead in car in apparent suicide after testifying", especially when your subheading is going to say "he was due to testify a second time"
In my case Im literally not allowed to leave the country without getting permission from a judge so its irrelevant to me too.
Story/why?
Serving a conditional suspended sentence.
Ah fair enough, what did you do if youre ok with saying?
Id rather not get into the details, but suffice to say Im no threat to the community (it wasnt a violent or socially disruptive offence) and Im working with the system to address my issues.
If theyre going to get rich(er) by stealing the profit their workers generate, they can at least be on the hook when those workers fuck up.
The wheel falling off wasn't Boeings fault. Tire/wheel maintenance is part of an airlines normal operations. It would be like blaming Ford for someone not screwing on their radiator cap right enough on their Mustang and then having it pop off and overheating.It's just how it's going to happen. They are under the microscope now and any issue is going to reflect bad on them even the ones that aren't their fault. But luckily things like the door flying off didn't kill people or bring down the plane and those squarely lie on them. They created an unsafe environment by cutting costs.
I think they deserve extra scrutiny after the door plug incident, but they shouldnt be dogpiled for things that are obviously out of their control.
What are you talking about? You realize that when someone buys an aircraft *they* are legally required to maintain their airworthy certification, right? American Airlines, Delta, and Southwest all have their own maintenance divisions full of licensed A&P mechanics.
I reread your post and you specified airline , so yeah, thats fair. I misread. My bad.
A plane hitting bad turbulence also isnt Boeings fault. Thats their problem though. The media is out to get them now after the Max crashes and the door plug incident. So news articles about a tire falling off a 30 year old plane are sure to mention the word Boeing in the headline, when in normal times they wouldnt.A plane doing a nosedive with malfunctions isnt bad turbulence
(if you think an airplane manufacturer assassinated a former employee in retaliation for whistleblowing 7 years ago, then youre a worse conspiracy theorist than maga folk).
The safety whistleblower that recent took his own life.
I'm 100% convinced that there was some guy high up in Boeing who said "Wait, why has QA such a high budget? We never had any quality issues, I'm sure we can reduce the cost there."
Maybe this will boost support for trains.Not really. There are a lot of issues with Amtrak in the US that prevent it from being a reasonable alternative to regional airlines. Similar costs to flying is one. If you pay for a roomette you'll at least get slightly more space, but it's not significantly cheaper. If you account for travel time you could argue it costs more in fact. Second, Amtrak leases trackage rights for most of the rails they run on. This is an issue because UP, CSX, NS, and BNSF (I think that's all of the Class 1s in the US anyway), aren't exactly keen to let Amtrak go ahead of them. Which shouldn't be an issue because they're required to give Amtrak priority by either law or regulation, except not only does no one follow this regulation (with impunity), the length of freight trains in many instances actually exceeds the length of passing sidings, so if they stopped, the next train couldn't get through in either direction. So they physically cannot follow the regulation. Which leaves two solutions, neither of which are really feasible. First, we can build Amtrak owned trackage to avoid the issue entirely. Which won't happen because it would be tax payer funded, and it's incredibly unlikely you could sell that to the American taxpayer that tends to favor airplanes overall anyway, and that's before the airline lobby gets involved. Option two, actually enforce regulations that say Amtrak always has priority and freight must wait for it to pass, which would require making a regulation that says trains can't be longer than the shortest passing siding on their route. Alternatively you could make the Class 1 railroads make them longer, but I'd assume that regulation would naturally cause that. This won't happen because of the railroad lobby. A lot of bulk material we depend on moves by rail, so they've got more power than most people would give credit for.
wonder if airlines will get rid of all their Boeing planes
Uh...Southwest ONLY has variants of the 737. They have a fleet of 820 Boeing planes and have never had a crash since they started in the 1970s. They've only had a handful of fatal incidents since that time."Their planes are falling apart but there's nothing to see here!"
In short, people need to calm the fuck down and just look at the numbers instead of the media hysteria.
so is it better to fly airbus for now until Boeing gets their *** * together?Not sure in the United States you have much of an option in regards to flights. Already hard enough as it is to get a decent layover time that isn't too short or too long. Also, Boeing is overwhelmingly dominant in the United States in terms of planes in use.