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In reply to the discussion: Boeing plane part falls off, strikes wing flap during takeoff in Denver [View all]PatrickforB
(14,640 posts)making good, safe airplanes.
I've said it many times on here. The legal doctrine of shareholder primacy, which was established in 1919 here in 'Murika, routinely holds shareholder profits as being more important than workers, consumers and the environment.
Shitty airplanes that have parts fall off in flight is the natural outcome of taking this doctrine of shareholder primacy to its logical conclusion.
The profit motive is in direct conflict with the safety of airline passengers, it seems. And to nakocal's point immediately above, the mantra of deregulate, privatize and gut government programs certainly has not helped. Because guess what? Corporations that are publicly traded and have Wall Street fund managers breathing down their necks for PROFITS every quarter will NOT police themselves, and they are NOT benign.