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Re:Boeing's upgraded 737 Max completes first flight with med... by bmitc on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:49PM (#25284289)
Regarding Boeing, it’s my opinion that you don’t kill off the whole company but rather kill off all the regulation loopholes that allowed this 737 Max mess to begin with. If Boeing can’t get their plane fixed and certified, properly, then big deal. That’s their problem. If they fail because they can’t sell their “new” broken plane, they killed themselves off.

The even bigger problem is that our governments allow companies to get to these “too big to fail” states, and I myself am pretty tired of it. Every single time it is the consumer that pays, either literally or with their lives.

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Re:Boeing's upgraded 737 Max completes first flight with med... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:59PM (#25284367)
Something definitely needs to be done about it, but “too big to fail” is a very real thing. Regulation fixes, corporate culture fixes, something, but killing the companies that are “too big to fail” isn’t a good idea in most cases.
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Re:Boeing's upgraded 737 Max completes first flight with med... by bmitc on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @09:19PM (#25284496)
I’m not really sure what you’re addressing. Preventing too big to fail doesn’t mean preemptively killing off companies.
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Re:Boeing's upgraded 737 Max completes first flight with med... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @09:24PM (#25284525)
I’m saying that, just like monopolies, there’s nothing inherently bad about being “too big to fail.” But when they do stuff wrong, we still punish them, but we don’t kill them. Break them up? Possibly.
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Re:Boeing's upgraded 737 Max completes first flight with med... by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:01PM (#25284809)
If they are too big to fail that already is implying monopoly and unfair situation for their competitors.

It can't be good for innovation or the consumer if a giant established player is getting preferential treatment.

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