The Boeing Scandal Just Got A LOT Worse

A quick update, the engine spitting flames and the aircraft running off the runway weren’t the fault of Boeing as per latest reports. That being said, the incident with the 50 passengers injured was quoted as a “technical problem” and the pilot “lost instrumentation” indicating a Boeing issue. The others are still under investigation, however since they are all Boeing planes in the incidents, it's just not a good look for them unfortunately.

Boeing Engineers saying they won't fly on the very planes they were making is wild AF.

Key witness assassinated, insider trading, missing records...and this is not a movie. Just wow.

I'm guessing all the cameras in the building he was in magically stopped working, the security guard fell asleep, nobody saw or heard anything, etc. We've heard it all before...

Netflix has a Boeing documentary. If they hadn’t removed it yet, I strongly suggest you watch it. It’s crazy.

I don't understand how little that death is being talked about. It's unbelievable.

As a Brit, it is staggering to me how Congress and Senators are allowed to invest in companies over whom they legislate.

The disrespect of a dead man is unbelievable. He literally said, in a last effort to be heard, that "IF I DIE THIS ISN'T A SUICIDE". And yet here we are even questioning it like "maybe it was". Fcking disgusting, really.

The whistleblower's death the day before he gives his official testimony is some mafia stuff. What the hell?

They killed that man.

A testament to Boeing's quality control. Don't even have time to make a murder look less suspicious.

I’m new here, but I hope you won’t take it easy on the FAA. They’re fully complicit on permitting the 737 Max to fly in the first place, and there’s been zero accountability. Just like a certain FDA…

I don't work in the aircraft industry but I work on Aero-derivative turbine engines (jet engines that have been adapted from aircraft to use for other applications). Many of my co-workers have come from the aircraft industry. They are all VERY professional, HIGHLY skilled and take EXTREME care with everything they do. It's VERY impressive to watch. They were all pushed out of the industry by poor pay and conditions and insane responsibility placed on their shoulders they didn't feel was reasonable. They were replaced by staff with less experience. (none of them worked directly for Boeing, they worked for various carriers, this is a statement about their thoughts on the air-industry as a whole). They speak fondly of what Boeing used to be. When Airbus was new and their planes were often grounded (not unsafe with passengers on-board just, extra time needed for maintenance and planes not being ready to fly when needed), they used to have a saying that was "if it's boeing it's going"... because the boeing aircraft used to be ready first and be more reliable due to simpler time-proven designs... They all seem to agree it's not like that anymore. They all seem to agree that standards throughout the aircraft industry have dropped and that it's always corporate greed putting safety below profit. This refers to the carriers by the way. -- 2x caveats: 1. These guys all worked on aircraft engines and worked on Boeing and other aircraft but not directly for Boeing, rather for the carriers, and 2. These guys still all fly regularly as part of field service work. I think most of them select flights based on carrier and rewards points over aircraft manufacturer.

There’s no way the whistleblower killed himself.

I hope Boeing's entire board of directors and management staff goes to jail.

I have a new mantra: "If it's a Boeing I ain't going." I used to say "Unless it's a Boeing I ain't going". I was a Flight Instructor and General Aviation Pilot in the 1990's. Unless it's a Cessna forgetaboutit.

I was an engineer in operational management and have to say that Boeing's problems is the management one. They only pay attention to the stock price instead of changing the culture! Every shareholder is greedy and that's is the main reason why companies like Boeing, Intel or AT&T did not arrive at the top of the industrial echelon ! Main reason for this that they put the beancounter in the position of CEO! In Boeing case, the engineer Muilenburg was under the pressure of the so called share holder to max the profit on cost of the safety! Intel suffered so much under Beancounter like Otellini and Bob Swan! If you have the gut, you can tell your shareholder that a profit margin of 10 to 15% is very good! But none of the CEO in USA did that! In Switzerland yes, Swatchgroup for example!

The disturbing part was that the Boeing plant workers were saying they would never fly on the planes they were building. This is like GM in the 80's unreal.

The level of corporate corruption in America is disgusting… I lost count honestly.

My dad was an aerospace engineer from 1959 thru 2006. He mentioned several times that how much Boeing changed over the decades. Not for the better.