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Re:FAA Investigates Claims by Boeing Whistle-Blower About Fl... by TylerE on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @03:46PM (#39983436)
No one should just accept that. That’s a lazy narrative being propped up by pripgafists distorting the facts. He had already testified years earlier.
Re:FAA Investigates Claims by Boeing Whistle-Blower About Fl... by GaveDrohl on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @04:25PM (#39983859)
Fair enough, but who won't testify in the future out of fear of being murdered?

It still served a purpose of true.

Re:FAA Investigates Claims by Boeing Whistle-Blower About Fl... by benzible on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @05:50PM (#39984674)
I agree that no one should just accept it, but credible people including ex Boeing execs don't dismiss the possibility..

> Discussing Swampy’s death and the whistleblower lawsuit he left behind, the longtime former Boeing executive told me, “I don’t think one can be cynical enough when it comes to these guys.” Did that mean he thought Boeing assassinated Swampy? “It’s a top-secret military contractor, remember; there are spies everywhere,” he replied. More importantly, he added, “there is a principle in American law that there is no such thing as an accidental death during the commission of a felony. Let’s say you rob a bank and while traveling at high speed in the getaway you run down a pedestrian and kill them. That’s second-degree murder at the very least.” [1]

There needs to be an investigation.

[1] https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-03-2...

Re:FAA Investigates Claims by Boeing Whistle-Blower About Fl... by MilStdJunkie on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:20PM (#39984931)
It's not just a lazy narrative. It's a profitable one. That narrative could help save their ass. I wouldn't be surprised if legions of paid "social media analysts" are barfing this out 24/7 on the grams and the twits.

Think about it. What's going to have a better impact on your disgruntled workforce: 1) the idea that someone ratted out big Ma B, got sidelined, got sad, then killed themselves? or 2) the idea that rats get murdered? I don't know about you, but with 2 I'd be definitely be thinking twice before calling the FAA or anyone else.