Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, wreaking havoc on flight delays as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company that vanished overnight
fortune.com
The mysterious London-based AOG Technics is accused of falsifying paperwork for plane parts that ended up being sold around the world.

Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight::Why are so many flights getting canceled or delayed? Blame a mysterious British supplier accused of falsified documents for plane components.

  • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Additional consideration: How safe a car trip is, can be influenced a lot by the driver. As a frequent driver (I wished I could use trains instead, but our train system regularly sucks for many connections :( ), I feel that 95+ per cent of accidents could be avoided if the driver was driving careful themselves plus anticipating the errors of other drivers. I get into so many situations that could be dangerous for me as well, but I typically avoid the danger because I see the crazy people maneuvers coming before they execute them. My hopes are that on the occasions when I make a driving mistake, someone else will be there to watch out for me as well.

    Long story short: In a plane, you\re putting your life into someone else’s hand. In a car, you at least have the illusion of control, but I claim that you actually do have some control over avoiding accidents.

      • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Only one thing has to go wrong for a car crash, which could easily be completely out of control of the driver and their vehicle (eg another driver). Several things have to go wrong for a plane to crash, the holes in many layers of Swiss cheese have to align.

        True, but statistically, the cases where a single thing going wrong causes an accident make up only a tiny fraction of car accidents. And freak accidents like “rockfall as you exit a tunnel” can also happen to planes - e.g. being shot out of the sky by russian war criminals.

        Edit: additionally, capitalist corporations are by definition looking to maximize profits, meaning they cut corners - often outright criminally - which is what led to the article we’re commenting on, and also to the murder of the full crew & passengers of two Boeing 737-MAX.

        Still, I see no Boeing CEO charged with murder - or even manslaughter.

          • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I think most car accidents are caused when people aren’t paying enough attention - a single person doesn’t do what they’re supposed to do.

            What I meant is: this on its own rarely ever leads to an accident. Most accidents are not cars flying off the road hitting a tree on their own. Most accidents involve multiple vehicles. And at that point it is the majority of accidents where the other affected drivers did not anticipate the mistake of the one causing the accident, and did not do anything to correct for said mistake.

            With regards to Boeing, sadly you are very much correct:

            If they got away with it then there’s no reason they won’t continue to

            That’s actually my main problem with this. Legislation is built to protect corporations, not individuals. When there’s a conflict of interests, corporations take precedence in 9 cases out of 10.

            I am not saying all airliners look to cut corners criminally, but they often demonstrate criminal energy or are criminally negligent. This is a bigger problem in the US than in Europe, I feel - our corporate greed is closely following in the US corporation footsteps, though. Our CEOs et al wish they could pull off what the US american ones can already get away with.