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[-] underisk@hexbear.net 31 points 4 months ago

The deal would include a monitor to oversee Boeing — but the company would put forward three nominees and have the Justice Department pick one, or ask Boeing for additional names.

toothless garbage. i only skimmed this but I didn't even see any mention about a fine being part of this so they dont even get the traditional slap on the wrist non-punishment.

[-] Barx@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

lmao they get to pick their own regulator

[-] regul@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Not a single mention of nationalization either.

[-] hexthismess@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago

"Please will you plead guilty to our case? That's OK if not. Here's a fine worth 0.000001% of your annual profit."

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 29 points 4 months ago

I think they're realizing they need to clean house cause China is now starting to produce their own domestic wide body passenger jets. If Boeing reputation keeps deteriorating, then US will quickly lose the global market to China. It's probably still going to happen, but I expect this is why they want Boeing to shape up.

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3262476/china-begins-work-new-c939-widebody-jet-going-bigger-and-bolder-after-c919s-success

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

More evidence for the theory that winning the cold war was the worst thing that could have happened to amerikkka

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

Getting beaten at its own game.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

a Pyrrhic victory if I ever saw one

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Boeing has already lost the global market to Airbus. The competition with Comac will be for second place.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago
[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The U.S. Justice Department plans to propose that Boeing plead guilty to criminal fraud in connection with two dead

sicko-lea

ly plane crashes involving its 737 Max jetliners.

lea-why

This almost had something to do with the whistleblowers they assassinated

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

Boeing plead guilty

Serious question - does that mean that there's even a theoretical chance of some actual living, breathing person (aka Boeing exec) going to jail? Or is this 100% bullshit where the DOJ and the law pretends the company is a "person" but - oopsie - you can't put a company in jail!

[-] Barx@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

If Boeing gets what it wants, which seems likely, then the only people to receive real blame will be the people doing the actual QA despite them just doing what their managers told them to, despite their own wishes.

[-] P1d40n3@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Fucking worthless Justice department.

[-] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

Ah yes, now cometh the scapegoat.

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