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Re:Some airlines and regulators ground 737 Max in wake of Et... by braythwayt on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @09:56AM (#19368129)
It has been done. It can be done.

“We’re asking our customers to ground the airplane as a precautionary measure. We have the utmost confidence in our engineers, processes, blah blah blah, and are confident that the 787 Max will be flying again as soon as the investigation is completed.”

Advil did this, and their brand was just fine, possibly better because they were aggressive about putting lives ahead of this quarter’s cash flow.

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Re:Some airlines and regulators ground 737 Max in wake of Et... by js2 on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @01:09PM (#19370451)
Advil pulling medicine is different than Boeing grounding planes. What if grounding planes cancels flights forcing passengers into cars? Should that factor into the decision to ground the plane?
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Re:Some airlines and regulators ground 737 Max in wake of Et... by firethief on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:00PM (#19371101)
That's a valid consideration, though I don't see how it's less applicable to medicine. What if someone who takes aspirin instead gets Reye's syndrome?
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Re:Some airlines and regulators ground 737 Max in wake of Et... by WrtCdEvrydy on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @11:25AM (#19369034)
Investors say... SELL, SELL, SELL.
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Re:Some airlines and regulators ground 737 Max in wake of Et... by braythwayt on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:15PM (#19371249)
Investors also say, "Charge $900 for insulin," and, "All I want are dividends, I don't care if you're dumping pollution into the Love Canal.

Management's difficult job is to know when to say to investors, "Sorry."

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