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Re:Boeing 737 Max Aircraft: Preliminary Investigative Findin... by cryptonector on Saturday March 07, 2020 @07:40PM (#22515389)
President Trump did the right thing: first force the FAA to ground the MAX earlier than the FAA would have on its own, then let them hang out there for all to see. This report (and no doubt others) will destroy their reputations more than having fired them earlier would have if that also stopped the inquiries from going after them (though that might not have happened). Among other things, as long as they remain government employees, they can't refuse to testify.

Sure, if the President had fired them earlier that would have been satisfying -- at first, then when they all lawyered up and refused to testify, we'd all have thought that the President was a moron for having fired them too soon.

Re:Boeing 737 Max Aircraft: Preliminary Investigative Findin... by hedora on Sunday March 08, 2020 @11:31AM (#22518478)
The report says that the FAA estimated there would be 15 more crashes, and still didn’t ground the plane until the second crash.

It is clear that many people were involved in conspiracies, and that their negligence directly lead to many deaths, as they knew that it would.

Why hasn’t the current administration brought criminal charges against them?

Also, the courts can force non-government employees to testify, and most of the evidence in the report seems to have come from non-government employees. Firing them doesn’t somehow absolve them of their crimes.

Re:Boeing 737 Max Aircraft: Preliminary Investigative Findin... by cryptonector on Monday March 09, 2020 @11:40AM (#22526268)
> Why hasn’t the current administration brought criminal charges against them?

No idea. My guess is that it takes time, and that the DoJ will need to be prodded to do it, that the DoJ won't do it of its own volition. Whether the AG or deputy AG have to get involved, or the POTUS, or perhaps a criminal complaint has to be filed by, e.g., Ethiopia, I don't know, but I expect there are no DAs who would initiate a case here on their own (whether because government protects government, or because they think the case is radioactive, or whatever).

Re:Boeing 737 Max Aircraft: Preliminary Investigative Findin... by tigershark on Saturday March 07, 2020 @09:58PM (#22516039)
He didn’t. He was conspiring with Boeing to avoid grounding the 737 max. And as proof the 737 Max was not grounded after the first crash, it was not grounded after the second crash, it was grounded only after pretty much every other flight security agency on the planet grounded it.
Re:Boeing 737 Max Aircraft: Preliminary Investigative Findin... by cryptonector on Monday March 09, 2020 @11:37AM (#22526236)
I wouldn't expect the President to get involved after one crash. Yes, the President let the FAA get egg all over its face first, but he forced them to ground the plane. They ruined their own reputations. The President shouldn't have had to be have been involved at all.