FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after Alaska Airlines panel blows out
FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after Alaska Airlines panel blows out
United is preparing to ground dozens of its Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft for inspections, a day after a panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight.
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Boeing sure isn't what it used to be.
Not since the MBAs took over from engineering.
That happens at every technical business. It gets founded by passionate engineers. Then as they retire or leave they get replaced by business people that only care that number go up.
That wasn't a big issue back when businesses could fail, but a giant like Boeing going under today is nearly unthinkable. If we'd let these giants die they could be replaced by companies that actually care about their products. This is a symptom of late stage capitalism and nothing less.
That's not really what happened in this case, though.
Turns out that even jets are subject to enshittification