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by alphabettsy 818 days ago
> You really don't think Boeing has a vested interested in not being found liable for retaliating against quality control whistleblowers, _while being investigated for having quality control so poor people nearly died_?

I never suggested otherwise. Having a vested interest does not indicate murder, motive sure.

> If they lose this case, the FAA is going to notice, and they're going to be pissed. It's one thing to be negligent, Boeing could probably paper over that with the FAA and some small regulatory changes because they're defense contractor and vital to national security. It is another thing entirely to not only be aware of the problems due to whistleblowers but to both ignore the issues and attempt to silence the whistleblowers.

The FAA already started an investigation years ago when he first made the claims they are being sued for retaliating against.

> We're talking about a clusterfuck of proportions most of us can only have nightmares about. Boeing would spend the next 50 years with the FAA's hand jammed so far up their ass Kermit would feel bad for them. I wouldn't be surprised to see the SEC filing indictments for securities fraud for not disclosing known, material defects in their planes.

Yeah, as if the widely publicized major incidents weren’t enough already.

You may very well be right, but you may also very well be letting your imagination get far ahead of the facts.