Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane

Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:21PM (#20215584)

I highly doubt they interviewed all 150k employees, in a setting where they felt comfortable to speak freely.

The fact that they got this quote from an employee in their sample size of "people we talked to" is notable, IMO. Not a sign that the sky is falling, but notable.

Edit: The alternate scenario in which one of the 150k employees actually reached out to a journalist of their own violation is notable too! If they felt strongly enough to actually contact the press, then something is wrong.

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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by bobthepanda on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @02:46PM (#20216850)

Boeing has about 80K employees in the Seattle area (where this publication is located), and it's pretty easy to meet someone who works at Boeing, the same way it's pretty easy to meet people there who work at Amazon or Microsoft.

Depending on the journalists' circle of friends, or friends' friends, or source pool, I'd imagine it'd be pretty hard to have all the Boeing employees you know all toe the company line, in a manner similar to the Birthday Paradox.

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