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by nolok 2484 days ago
Agreed, they didn’t do it when the risk became clear, they didn’t do it after several big European countries banned it, they only changed their position once the ban was moved at the entire EU level. By that point they were getting their thunder stolen by the EASA and it felt protecting themselves was a much bigger motivation than protecting the passengers for who they actually work for.
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I wonder how much pressure airline companies put on FAA to ground the plane as I remember people getting very concerned about flying on that plane.