Whistleblower Dead

[JohnRoberts]

10 kilometers, of course.

Of course, sorry for taking what you wrote literally?

JR

 

[AnalogPackrat]

10 kilometers, of course.

Kilometer = km units and symbols matter.

 

[AnalogPackrat]

It's also the idea of being a completely helpless passenger (with zero control over what happens) at 10k miles height flying really fast. Plus, most of us have done this many times. On the other hand, the idea of injecting a black market substance with a needle into my body is repulsive and absurd to me, and probably most of us here.

You might be surprised how many people in the music industry and elsewhere take illicit drugs in a form that can be adulterated with fentanyl, etc. I'm with you as far as use goes, but many are willing to take the trip.

Bottom line is, we are really bad at objectively assessing risks and acting on them properly.

Yep*.

We are worse at assessing abstract long-term risks.

Like the real and direct risks of not eating healthy, not exercising, and generally ignoring basic bodily maintenance.

If people could see the scenarios playing out for their grandchildren, they would mostly act much differently wrt to climate change and similar problems.

*And here's an example of improper assessment of risk.

 

[sodderboy]

Where was that dude and his whipsple, like, in 2017 when he retired? 2018 when his Boeing bennies are secure? Or in 2009 during his long Boeing career when he was experiencing the incidents? And now he offs himself? Prolly the FBI will do a deeper investigation, so it is in capable, honest, hands. Whew!
NCM escaping on the production floor, "those bolts" not being installed? The only way up is Corrective Actions from the suites to the streets at Boeing. Otherwise they get thrown into the pile of greedily squandered US brands. If chipotle can do it, boeing can.
Mike

 

[JohnRoberts]

Kilometer = km units and symbols matter.

maybe it was auto correct that changed it to miles.
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I'm editing a friend's new book and every time I type "vias", apple's word processor autocorrects it to "bias" and won't let me type "via" unless I capitalize it or add a quote symbol.

You could almost say that it looks like they have "bias" on their minds.

JR

 

[living sounds]

It won't matter much, how many miles it is if the plane goes to pieces in the air...

 

[CJ]

We need AI robots on the assy line.

One time I popped my trunk latch on the freeway but nothing happened until I hit the next stop light.

 

[PermO]

https://www.seattletimes.com/busine...-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/

Must be coincedence ...

 

[JohnRoberts]

https://www.seattletimes.com/busine...-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/

Must be coincedence ...

Parsons said Dean became ill and went to the hospital because he was having trouble breathing just over two weeks ago. He was intubated and developed pneumonia and then a serious bacterial infection, MRSA.

That sure sounds like coincidence.

JR

 

[scott2000]

That sure sounds like coincidence.

Hospital visit and MRSA

 

[cyrano]

Boeing's Dave Calhoun left the sinking ship.

Another plane experiencing technical problems on March, 12:

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/12/investing/boeing-is-in-big-trouble/index.html

Meanwhile, Boeing is suing it's fire fighter department:

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/boeing-firefighters-face-lockout-if-no-deal-by-saturday/

A summary from Cory Doctorow, worth reading:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/

Boeing is a company where senior managers only fail up and where whistleblowers are terrorized in and out of the workplace. One of Tkacik's sources noticed his car shimmying. The source, an ex-787 worker who'd been fired after raising safety complaints, had tried to bring an AIR21 complaint, but withdrew it out of fear of being bankrupted if he was ordered to pay Boeing's legal costs. When the whistleblower pulled over, he discovered that two of the lug-nuts had been removed from one of his wheels.

The whistleblower texted Tkcacik to say (not for the first time): "If anything happens, I'm not suicidal."