The US Department of Justice has announced that it has reached a deal with Boeing, which will allow the aircraft manufacturer to avoid prosecution over two deadly 737 MAX 8 crashes, which ultimately claimed 346 lives.
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Bribery and corruption!
Only in America is an alleged corrupt corporation allowed to put a price on human life.
So Boeing promises to police itself better, doesn't implement any changes to police itself better, and the new admin just lets all that go. Did Boeing's CEO buy a bunch of Trumpcoin? Or more likely Trump gutting the DOJ means there's nobody left that's actually competent enough to keep the legal action going. Elections have consequences, and there's a good chance this is one of them.
How convenient???? Shell out a few bucks and shove it under the rug. One of these days, there gonna be so much under that rug that we gonna be tripping....
Finds do not change corporate behavior.
Prison time for executives changes corporate behavior.
It is all about Boeing avoiding being cast as being a "convicted felon". If a corporation is a "convicted felon", they are barred (by law) from receiving US Govt contracts. Dear leader wants his planes and rockets from Boeing....
Airbus didn't invent bribery and corruption, but they sure went a long way to perfecting it. And that's been proven in courts of law around the world.
But how many passengers and crew have they killed ORD?
Are you convinced that Boeing is capable of putting their house in order and that recently produced aircraft are actually airworthy?
It’s easy to have an opinion from the outside, but I think anyone would feel differently if it were their own family.
Boeing CEO at the time, Muilenburg, was forced to resign and walk away with $62,000,000 in stock and pension money. He did miss out on another $14,000,000 had he stayed. That should serve as a lesson to other CEOs.
Didn't do as well as Senator and former Governor Rick Scott who walked away from his CEO job at Columbia/HCA with $300 million in his pocket and sticking the company with a $1.7 billion fine for Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
Boeings top management at the time should have been and should be imprisoned for life, and or have 100% of their assets seized and made homeless and destitute. Only then will corporations maybe be deterred. Once again we’re show. The vileness of capitalism.
Now cue the pro-corporation Magats and their whining.
Yes, I'm convinced Boeing can stabilize itself to the standard by which they have historically set for themselves, and not do things like mammothly overstate the range of a plane to sell it, unlike Airbus.
My attitude toward my family ranges from complete indifference to utter hostility. I'd be happy if some of them died and I was named as a beneficiary on the insurance policy and in the will.
This. The difference between corruption in third world countries and the United States is that in the United States, the starting price is much higher
Good luck with your assumption ORD, there are many who do not share your optimism.
We all knew they'd slime their way out of it. The money means nothing, it's just money.
Appears Boeing has once again managed to get the FAA (government watchdog) off its back and the losers appear to be the passengers who fly on Boeing products.
"I’m not sure what to make of this agreement."
It's an agreement with one of your biggest defense contractors who supply, offensive not defense weapons, including real WMDs.
Boeing products have killed more humans than just the MAX.
For those who love to talk about conflict in Ukraine... that's Boeing.
For those who love to talk about conflict in Gaza... that's Boeing weapons there too.
Real WMD payloads are riding on Boeing made ICBM. Ones that could instantly deliver at least 10,000x-15,000x Hiroshima combined.
This decision paves the way for reinstating the corporate death penalty.
Revoke Boeing's corporate charter.
As well, this comes at a time of utter political corruption with the "Big, Beautiful Bill" approved with legalization of kits to render semi-automatic guns into machine guns, while silencers become a legal purchase with the "beautiful" bill. Just awaiting the toll at the ever-increasing mass shootings on the July 4th holidays. We won't even hear the shots as the silent machine gun scythe cuts down in swathes.
America has become a ship of cruel and violent fools, and Boeing has been one of the captains of a captured American defense industry for too long.
There can never be justice when there is no respect for humanity or lives lost to expedient profit.
When a commentator puts the whole Boeing debacle into such a succinct context, one would have to be insane to even attempt to argue against it. Thank you Eskimo.
Ralph Guest
May 24, 2025, 12:03 pm
Finds do not change corporate behavior. Prison time for executives changes corporate behavior.
You are correct Ralph. It won't change until it all changes. Corporations and politicians will continue to do what they do, until it all changes.
And those poor whistle blowers who had the courage
@lucky - Did Boeing actually reduce its cost... they agree to pay ~$2B... "violated it". I am assuming it did not pay all of it... renegotiated to ~$1B for a net savings of $1B?