Boeing docs show staffers discussing ways to manipulate regulators on 737 Max

Re:Boeing docs show staffers discussing ways to manipulate r... by ManWith2Plans on Friday January 10, 2020 @11:59AM (#22012382)

One wonders what has led society to a place where this is so sadly unsurprising. Why should employees ever feel the need to deliver results quickly, even at the expense of safety? How have we managed to flood engineering with incompetent people to the extent that they manage to infiltrate such critical systems without thinking twice.

We've clearly screwed up somewhere in setting incentives for these companies...

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Re:Boeing docs show staffers discussing ways to manipulate r... by sebastien_b on Friday January 10, 2020 @06:10PM (#22016610)

I think one of the root problems is that there are too many "public" companies, that serve not the public, but their shareholders instead, with the additional problem being that public companies are required to put their shareholders first; thus "public company" is a complete oxymoron.

As we've seen so many times, this results in the public interest being put aside, with negative consequences to the public in order to benefit the shareholders.

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