#boeing 737 max

[krhimself]

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[gmotd]

House of Memes (gmotd.tumblr.com) 2023-03-13

[unitedfrontvarietyhour]

2024, Part One.

It was a year where decades happened.

(Sue me if I didn't fit everything into two 10-picture posts. I'm tired.)

[spacebabyu]

a lot of yall are surprised about everything happening with Boeing but like….

do we not remember when they rolled out the 737 MAX 8s ? Boeing claimed no particularly new features were added to the plane (because they would have to retrain all of their pilots), but guess what ? That was false, and multiple planes went down because there were incidents involving the MCAS mid-flight that pilots weren’t trained on, so they couldn’t turn it off or even begin to be able to find where the issue was, they were looking for something they didn’t even know existed.

Boeing knew there would be accidents, but they also knew that paying out settlements from said accidents would take less money and time than retraining all of their pilots properly. Which womp womp, they had to do anyway, but not before flights Lion Air 610 and Ethiopian Airlines 302 went down (crashes that Boeing tried to blame on the pilots)

Before the merger, Boeing was definitely a “safety & engineering first” type of company. I’ve always loved the aviation industry, i’ve always been fascinated by planes but even more importantly, i live in the city in the USA where the most recent large loss of life crash happened (Buffalo NY, Colgan Air 3407). That event shook our entire community, my friend’s dad was unfortunately on that flight and lost his life with 49 others, along with one person on the ground.

the investigation was immediate, serious and thorough, and subsequent changes to the aviation industry were swiftly made and well thought-out and employed. i admired how well it was taken care of, and i’ve always seen (mid80s-2000s) aviation and its governing bodies (shoutout NTSB) as one of the most transparent industries that prided itself on being so.

Ironic that by killing their whistleblower Boeing put all eyes on them, i bet if they did nothing that the lawsuit wouldn’t have even made headlines.

RIP John Barnett, the brave Boeing whistleblower, and RIP all of those who lost their lives in aviation accidents

[keiteay]

Are we there yet?

[osrphotography]

2024 is apparently the year of multiple MAX BBJ visits to Aotearoa.

Parked up at Menzies Aviation's apron at Hamilton Airport is N3E, which is currently leased to SE Logistics from Wilmington Trust.

This is my second MAX BBJ, and one of 4 that have visited Tāmaki, Tāhuna (Queenstown), and Kirikiroa.

[arctic-hands]

Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.

In 2019, Mr Barnett told the BBC that under-pressure workers had been deliberately fitting sub-standard parts to aircraft on the production line.

He also said he had uncovered serious problems with oxygen systems, which could mean one in four breathing masks would not work in an emergency.

UM???

[chronicsheepdeprivation]

Spirit only operates Airbuses so I'm starting a fundraiser to gift them a 737 MAX that instantly explodes from it's own vile aura the minute you step inside.