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jbverschoor 7 hours ago

Stark contrast between Boeing (US) never been guilty of anything vs Airbus (EU)

y1n0 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not so stark when you realize that both airbus and air france were acquitted years ago. And then the prosecutors appealed! I find that terrifying.

dcrazy 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Boeing literally pleaded guilty to criminal fraud charges. https://apnews.com/article/boeing-guilty-plea-fraud-justice-...

jbverschoor 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Manslaughter for not having enough training during a specific malfunction, one crash

Vs

Fraud for two crashes caused by knowingly having unsafe planes (and two whistleblowers conveniently die)

thrownthatway 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Ah, off by one error.

readthenotes1 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They have, just not criminal penalties. No one will go to prison. The nearly $19 billion in losses to the value in Boeing is chump change ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX_groundings