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by WalterBright 835 days ago
> The safety of the aviation industry is by and large directly due to strict safety regulations, many of which Boeing pioneered

Isn't that rather self-contradictory? Having an unsafe airplane is bad for business. It put Lockheed out of the airliner business, for example (Elektra). Also DeHaviland (Comet).