“Boeing committed ‘the deadliest corporate crime in US history’ and should be fined $24 billion, victims’ families say” - CNN
But will $24 billion prevent more victims in a fleet of unsafe planes…
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@GrazingintheGrass
Not going to happen.
Boeing has too much of the defense sector to face meaningful consequences from the government. It's truly too big to fail.
Most of Boeing's profit is from defense and services, not new airplane sales.
The solution is greater government oversight, QA, and more accountability for everyone involved. However, the expenses involved would be far more unpopular (with the public) than the tiny random chance of a deadly failure.
Increased taxes & tickets? No
@danalan @GrazingintheGrass
Receivership. That's where you take all the people running the company off the board, and a government entity puts someone whose job it is to unfuck it in place.
Or you dismantle the company and sell its assets off to one that will do it right.
The work and people willing to do it don't disappear because you cut out a tumorous organization.