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In reply to the discussion: Boeing plane part falls off, strikes wing flap during takeoff in Denver [View all]Warpy
(111,766 posts)9. It take s a hell of a lot of maintenance to keep these things flyijng safely
but corporations always want to skimp on labor. Good mechanics find themselves cutting corners because there are too few of them to do the job properly.
This is not just in the airline industry, and they're responsible for routine maintenance, not Boeing. I saw the same mentality at work in healthcare, everybody from housekeeping to kitchen staff cut close to the bone and things getting missed all over the place. I imagine most industries are the same as every drop is being squeezed out of cash cows.
Corporations are OK servants but rotten masters and most of them have been infested by brash junior management with hedge fund mentalities, who think shaving a few cents here and there will get them an office with decent carpeting.
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Boeing plane part falls off, strikes wing flap during takeoff in Denver [View all]
riversedge
Apr 7
OP
Hear, hear. In the past, you needed Gremlins to do what these 737-800s do all by themselves.
peppertree
Apr 7
#5
It's on Paramount+ also & YouTube has a lot of them, sometime under the other name "Mayday"
EX500rider
Apr 8
#72
Sounds like a conversation should be had with him by the various health and food safety folks n/t
ArkansasDemocrat1
Apr 7
#45
No, fuck Wall Street. Boeing got a CEO who is far more interested in shareholder profits than he is in
PatrickforB
Apr 7
#30
"Southwest Airlines plane part falls off, strikes wing flap during takeoff in Denver"
BadgerMom
Apr 8
#50
This aircraft was manufactured in 2015 - KDVR putting "Boeing" in the headline rather than "Southwest"
petronius
Apr 7
#18
The pilot reported that the crew heard a "bang" before the cowling separated.
LudwigPastorius
Apr 7
#43
It sounds like Boeing cut the quality control literally down to nothing with the 737.
cstanleytech
Apr 7
#44