Re:Former Boeing 737 Max Chief Technical Pilot Indicted for ...
by snarf21 on Monday October 18, 2021 @08:49AM
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I was assuming they would be even higher. However, look at the economic damage being done by things like the opioid epidemic or the lives lost from these lies inside Boeing. We spend hundreds of billions on boondoggles, it doesn't seem like putting aside $5B per year to make the world better is much of a strain for the US government.
It will make them almost unhireable everywhere. Even outside their field, they're still a risk. They've now got a very public "troublemaker" label.
The prizes would also have to be pretty large. We're talking "never have to work again" large, because that's a very real possibility, or at least a very real perceived concern.
We're talking people who make a good living. For people not close to retirement, it's probably a multi-million dollar number. At $200k/year, that's $2 million per decade, and not including potential raises. After you pay income taxes on the prize, you probably need it to be close to $10m to break even.