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An engine cover rips off a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, forcing an emergency landing (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] Alexstarfire 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Wiki says Airbus was founded in 1970. You think Boeing has had a bad safety record for 55+ years?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Airbus has only really been in competition with Boeing since the 2000s. Boeing's merger with Mcdonell Douglas was in 1997 and that is when corporate culture shifted hard away from quality and to machinists, mechanics, engineers, everyone being told to think "how can I increase stock value today".

[–] Alexstarfire 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, but that's still quite different from what was said. I was only pointing out the ridiculousness of the claim. A lot of Boeing's current problems point back to that merger.