Last week, we saw a tragic aviation accident in New York, as a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River. All six people onboard, including the pilot and a family of five, lost their lives. As you’d expect, there’s a thorough investigation taking place into what caused this accident. There’s an update on that front,…
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That's absurd.
The CEO was following the Boeing and FAA playbook just like how FAA reacted on 737MAX.
They kept flying until the rest of the world grounded 737MAX before FAA did anything.
Had Boeing or FAA grounded the 737MAX immediately, leadership from Boeing and FAA would have been fired too.
Hypocrisy at every level.
Hypocrisy at every level? You think it's okay to compare the grounding of a tiny helicopter company vs the grounding of an entire aircraft type operated by 20+ carriers worldwide?
#eye-roll
I would hope that FAA/NTSB has early findings directly indicating poor operating practices at NY Helicoptor that they are not yet sharing publically. Otherwise are they setting a precedent to shut down an airline or a manufacturer's entire fleet whenever there is a crash?
Ironically, you can't even see your own hypocrisy.
Because you're big like Boeing you get special treatment to fly even when it's unsafe. But if you're a tiny company you don't get that privilege?
Doesn't matter if 1 airline or 20+ carriers operate them. Unsafe is unsafe, period.
Those who actually care immediately grounded the MAX right after ET302.
After few days and 50+ regulators grounded MAX and enormous public pressure then FAA took action.
#eye-roll indeed.
Otherwise are they setting a precedent to shut down an airline or a manufacturer's entire fleet whenever there is a crash?
Seems completely reasonable to me and remember I'm a $6MM/year equity partner so my opinion on this matter supersedes the overwhelming majority of people who are likely losers.
This seems so extreme to just shut down a small business because of an accident. This doesn't happen so why now? I hope the company sues the FAA/DOT and wins. Southwest had an accident and they didn't get the whole operation shut down, oh, Southwest is a big company so they won't get shut down for an accident that's under investigation.
What a moronic comment. We are talking about a temporary shutdown after six fatalities, with the root cause of the accident still to be identified. We are not talking about a Girl Scout cookie stand being shuttered.