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Emergency Slide Falls Off Plane, Winds Up At Home Of Lawyer Whose Firm Is Suing Boeing
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How have they not grounded every Boeing plane at this point? The company needs to be federalized.
Not all Boeing planes are garbage, and they are the cornerstone of domestic air travel. If we suddenly stopped flying them, ticket prices would triple. We have a lot of airbuses and some aging McDonnell Douglas planes, but Boeing probably makes up about half of American passenger planes.
The plane is 34 years old. It's probably more likely it's Delta's lack of maintenance than a problem with Boeing.
There are design flaws around the 767 and the emergency slides falling off. Enough that the FAA issued new air worthiness directices to Boeing regarding them. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/08/2016-21152/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes
2015: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/faa-seeks-safety-fixes-to-boeing-767-escape-slides-2015-12-31
2016 (article is from 2019): https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/12/02/boeing-was-warned-evacuation-slides-have-fallen-from-planes-for-several-years/
While I know you're correct... And there is definitely going to be a media bias in reporting... There seems to have been a remarkably large number of issues with Boeing planes specifically lately.
Shitting on Boeing is getting clicks. So the news keeps reporting on every bit of anything they can find related to them. The incident rate isn't going up. At the same time there have been a few issues with Airbus planes but that's not getting engagement as much so the news isn't focusing on them.
I mean, they fucking killed a guy. So you know. Probably wouldn't murk a dude if their shit was up to standard
Two guys*
Let’s see the Airbus incidents
Why not both, though?
Should GM be responsible for a tire on your car going flat after you've owned it for 15 years?
Why have they not grounded every car? Despite all the safety problems at boeing, they are still way safer than automobiles.
Why have they not outlawed boats? Boats are safer than cars.
Why havent we killed all the cobras? Cobras are safer than boats.
Why havent we outlawed kitchen knives? Kitchen knives are safer than cobras.
Am I doing this right? Its a fun game which deflects blame and changes the subject quite effectively.
This post is a braindead response to a valid point.
"Am I doing this right?"
No. You are inversing every statement that follows your questions. Why would we outlaw boats if they are safer than cars as you claim? Did you instead mean to say cars are safer than boats or ask why we haven't outlawed cars? Rinse and repeat for the other pairings.
E: You do realize you're saying the exact opposite thing than the person you're trying to mock, right?
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The Stay-Puft marshmellow man would never hurt anybody...
Because nobody likes lawyers. If an emergency slide falls on a lawyer, so be it.
I dunno, my lawyer rocks
David Komie?
Doesn't that make him run with the devil?
I found the simple life ain't so simple
Queue Van Halen - Running With The Devil
They are probably an exception that confirms the rule.
I know a few lawyers who are awesome.
None of them are particularly rich. Two of them have spent 2 of the last 3 years at the southern border doing immigration cases (I’d say pro bono, but they get paid a pittance by the Feds…. Basically enough to cover a hotel room.)
Do you seriously objecting the joke?
I like some lawyers. Mark Bankston and Bill Ogden are good in my books. Still, never have heroes because we're all fallible humans.
What do you call a lawyer killed by an emergency slide? A good start.