Profits And Payouts Over Passenger Safety
For decades, Boeing chose shareholders and executives over workers and production quality — to the tune of $69 billion.
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For decades, Boeing chose shareholders and executives over workers and production quality — to the tune of $69 billion.
Following 737 crashes, the GOP presidential hopeful helped crush a proposal to force more disclosure of Boeing’s spending to influence safety regulators.
David Sirota and guests explore how the air travel industry — including manufacturers like Boeing — sacrificed quality for profit.
Before the recent Boeing disaster, the company and its parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems spent years lobbying to boost production and weaken safety regulations.
Weeks before Alaska Airlines’ terrifying debacle, one of the aircraft’s manufacturers was accused of systematically ignoring safety problems.