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Boeing's Blame Game: A History of Shifting Responsibility After Crashes

Soumis il y a environ un mois

Boeing has been experiencing high pressure and complications due to accidents and a lack of safety culture. Boeing CEO David Calhoun appeared in an interview with the New York Times in 2020. When asked to accept the blame for the fatal 737 MAX crashes, he avoided answering the question by stating whether U.S. pilots could have avoided them. (aeroxplorer.com) Plus d'info...

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patrick baker il y a environ un mois 3

calhoon is so not the guy to be left in charge of leading the parade to repair/rehab/ replace the fools who caused and who have perpetuated the rot that kills planeloads of passengers from time to time. XOOPS, sorry......not really our fault, but BOeing is spelled all over the side of the plane.......

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Pete Pereira il y a environ un mois 3

And what makes you think you have the competence to decide that Boeing is to blame for a planeload of passengers dying? Boeing would be richer than Jeff Beos if they sued every person who created or spread a falsehood about the company or the design of its airplanes. Oh, BTW, open your eyes… it's the airline's name spelled all over the side of the plane……

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nashcat il y a environ un mois 1

Saying AOA = Area of Operation, in this context, renders the author totally incompetent to report on matters of aviation.

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JMARTINSON il y a environ un mois 1

Since Area of Operation would be AOO, the problems might extend beyond matters of aviation.

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ToddBaldwin3 il y a environ un mois 1

They write poorly researched, poorly edited stories just to get click, just for the ad revenue, then self-promote their own stories.

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Pete Pereira il y a environ un mois 1

"When asked to accept the blame…"

It would be funny if it were not so tragically idiotic and expensive. The news media believes—God only knows why—that it has the competence to conduct an air crash investigation, when it doesn't even have the competence to vet its sources and as a result comes up with the poppycock that is to be expected when giving pilots, baggage handlers and anonymous persons credence for their opinions as though they were aero engineers. So, armed with a lot of plausible nonsense—and hubris—they confront a CEO and demand that he accept blame for the crash. When he rightfully refuses because it isn't true, they accuse him of shifting responsibility to others. The ignorant public doesn't have the competence to discern sense from nonsense and swallows the media's story—hook, line and sinker, too lazy to even glance at the glaring evidence that shows quite plainly that the news is fiction And nonsense becomes the de facto truth, with billions of $$$ going up in smoke… all because of a free press that insists on demonstrating that trusting them to run free while maintaining integrity was a really bad mistake.

Apparently FlightAware doesn't have any better "news" than the fiction that an author equipped only with a fascination for airplanes calls adding "creativity" to storytelling.

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JMARTINSON il y a environ un mois 1

You say that like there's a viable alternative to a free press.

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bentwing60 il y a environ un mois 2

There is and you are on it! Were it not for the ability of internet participants to question "the narrative" of msm, gerbil, zuch', and such why would they be making such overzealous attempts, (lies), to suppress conservative media?

Phony elections might be an appropriate example, or maybe SDNY lawfare ala leticia james intent to destroy CRE, (commercial real estate), belonging to we know who that is hastening the business flight from new york!

Please don't move to TEXAS, we already have enough aliens and Albany is in the process of figuring out what a diminished tax base means. Self inflicted wounds in ny are well deserved!

Cheers!

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Pete Pereira il y a environ un mois 1

Yup. Most of the complaints about social media being a cesspool where fake news spawns and the demands to censor it comes from the mainstream media. The reason is two-fold: (1) SM is a formidable competitor, enabled by the internet and computing technology, that has brought the MSM close to extinction, which is why they are so desperately pumping out sensational click-bait. Social media certainly is rife with fake news, but the MSM's disgraceful performance on the 737 MAX is just one example that proves that they do far worse—and are more dangerous to democracy because the lies go undetected. They keep a tight fist over their content and abuse the public's trust in them, suppress any news that doesn't "fit" with their lies, hoodwinking the public—no different from what China and Russia do. And like those countries, they fear social media so much because…(2) SM is the only place where the truth has a chance to surface… and expose the MSM's lies.

Recently, the NTSB Chair tweeted her concerns about the ridiculous amount of sensational news that is being pumped out over aviation incidents that have been occurring all along. She pointed out that there has not been a fatal crash of a U.S. airline since 2009 (one person died in 2018 from an un-contained engine failure) and she asked why there isn't similar outrage and handwringing over the 118 people who die EVERY DAY in automobile accidents in the U.S. Not a single MSM news outlet carried that story.

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Pete Pereira il y a environ un mois 1

For the technical example I gave, the alternative was implicit in the comment: get an education—you won't be at the mercy of incompetent fools for analyses and conclusions.

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linbb il y a environ un mois 0

But he was in some respects right as has been shown in other crashes or wrecks. So dont throw stones too quick. But hey just like the news media if a tire falls off one of there planes its Boeings fault. Did you know Airbus had computer problems years back that caused crashes and killed pax?

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Pete Pereira il y a environ un mois 1

This isn't about keeping score between Airbus and Boeing. It is about the media publishing recklessly or recklessly regurgitating what was published by other news media without examining it to see if it was properly published in the first place. Properly means in accordance with the Journalist's Code of Ethics, which requires that sources be vetted, information be confirmed by an independent and reliable source or at least be checked by an expert in the field who can spot anything that would cast suspicion on the veracity or authenticity of the information. Above all, the code warns about publishing anything that is in doubt, because the harm caused by publishing something false cannot be undone. The MAX saga was caused by the media publishing "facts" and conclusions about the design of the airplane that were completely false. On examination, there were either no sources indicated or anonymous sources were claimed or the opinions of inappropriate sources (pilots, baggage handlers, airplane leasing company CEOs, etc.) were considered valid and authoritative as aero engineering. In many cases it was obvious that reporters—and Congress—had wrongly interpreted Boeing documents, using common sense instead of seeking the help of properly educated professionals. Playing fast and loose with the facts and spreading disinformation that causes a loss of more than $30 billion just to Boeing alone is not a trivial matter.

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EMK69 il y a environ un mois -1

I agree with you. Many issues have come to light over various Airbus AC yet the press doesn't seem to blast Airbus for those misgivings. IF the press applied the same principle to Airbus that they do Boeing we would see the headline like this: Airbus Pilot intentionally crashes plane, killing 150 people."

When I saw last week's headline of Boeing 777 loses wheel I asked myself what the hell the press was thinking when they made that headline. Finally, after numerous searches, I saw where "Yahoo News" got it right...United Airlines jet loses tire during takeoff."

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avionik99 il y a environ un mois 2

Its the new MSM anti big coporate agenda that fuels these horrible opinion pieces put out there to look like the truth. Unless the big corporation has to do with their golden child Climate Change!

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Neil49 il y a environ un mois 1

I guess you haven't seen the photo of the WHEEL(with tire attached).

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/united-airlines-plane-from-san-francisco-lands-safely-at-lax-after-losing-a-tire/

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Pete Pereira il y a environ un mois 1

Can't blame the public for being misinformed. Maybe reporters who don't have enough competence to know a tire from a wheel should pick simpler subjects to report on. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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