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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by hn_go_brrrrr on Friday January 05, 2024 @09:28PM (#38887736)
If they had designed a new plane from scratch, those people wouldn't have died because the new airframe wouldn't have been flying yet. Check back again in 2030.
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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by ShadowBanThis01 on Friday January 05, 2024 @11:11PM (#38888324)
Still a win.
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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by calamari4065 on Saturday January 06, 2024 @01:49PM (#38894050)
Tell me, what is the exact number of dead children you're willing to accept in order to get new planes flying?
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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by hn_go_brrrrr on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:23PM (#38982886)
Just like the optimal amount of fraud is nonzero (https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/optimal-amount-of-fra...), the optimal number of dead children is too. A child doesn't have a meaningfully greater chance of dying on an airplane than an adult, so what this question is really asking (while crudely attempting to tug on the heartstrings) is whether we're willing to tolerate people dying in order to keep planes flying. The answer is obviously yes. We don't cancel all flights globally when a plane crashes and everyone dies, because we suddenly can't tolerate the risk anymore.
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