Boeing whistleblower: Staff 'jumped like Tarzan' on jet parts to fit them

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[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

They're trying to make flying more dangerous, so less people want to use it to travel, eventually it'll only be allowed for the rich . They don't want dirty proles bothering them at the beach.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It may well drive up ticket prices on airbus aircraft. But by the same token it will reduce demand and therefore cost for flying on a boeing.

[–]binaryblob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't get how companies can have a queue lasting years for ordering a plane. I also don't get why people still work in manufacturing, unless they are building/programming the robots/machines. From my understanding there's still actual human labor involved in building planes, which just shows how the industry is ripe for disruption. If you have $30B to invest one could probably crush every other player in the market. I don't give a fuck about planes, but someone should do that.