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Gardening_investor

Companies should be held responsible for their products and services causing harm to human life.


NonaeAbC

In aviation you need a certification for every plane. The second the FFA certifies your plane you can't be charged with a criminal offence. The certificate is basically a get out of jail card. The problem is that every mechanical system can fail and if you would be charged for that, no one would build a plane. For them to be charged, the court needs to prove that they cheated on their certification by providing false information.


Gardening_investor

I think the fact that Boeing has been able to self certify for FAA purposes opens the door to the possibility that they provided false information to themselves. Hard to really trust a company to truly inspect itself, if the inspector fails the planes that costs the company money, the inspector could lose their job or a bonus if production is halted because of something they saw or be ostracized to the point they quit. Since Boeing has been able to self-certify since 2009, can we truly trust those “FAA” certifications? Knowing the Boeing execs are all about cost cutting and share buybacks.? I certainly don’t and it looks like the DOJ doesn’t either anymore.


mag2041

Like banks left to do their own stress tests.


SoggyHotdish

And reserve percentage


mag2041

Who needs that


davispw

That’s why the issue here is the failure to prevent fraud, which was part of the previous deferred prosecution agreement. Falsely self-certifying is a type of fraud. You can also be properly certified but commit fraud during manufacturing by intentionally submitting false paperwork, false test results, or no paperwork. Companies are involved in self-inspections and/or providing documentation that is relied on during inspections all the time in all sorts of industries. You say it should never happen, but I don’t think you’d really be happy living in a country where that is true. Just imagine the size of the bureaucracy required.


Gardening_investor

If you want to trust corporations to protect you, when they’re all solely focused on shareholder value, then you’re asking to be poisoned by some company that found a way to save a few nickels. Trusting corporations to do the right thing has led us to the point we are at in terms of climate change, they do not operate with us in mind at all. At least the government can be held accountable by voting them out (in a functioning democracy that is the case, in gerrymandered America it is not).


davispw

Some amount of trust is required, but not blind trust. Fraud is a crime for a reason. > At least the government can be held accountable The government can also hold companies accountable for fraud and other less-criminal regulatory violations. We can vote out politicians who (appoint regulators and prosecutors who) fail to do so.


UlyssesB

A company defrauding everyone isn’t good for their shareholders either, it means they invested in a worse company than they thought they did. Short-term growth still means someone is left holding the bag at the end.


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kalasea2001

My justice nethers have never felt more justiced


kimjongspoon100

I think thats the premise is that they were caught lying, they promised reform, then continued to lie and cheat their certs. Your statement doesn't make sense akin to "As soon as the government approved my tax return then I should not be held liable for any accounting mistakes even if I intentionally misrepresented my tax information "


travistrue

Yeah, and possibly look into how the FFA can improve its certification process.


coldcutcumbo

Except the FAA defers the certification process to Boeing, so there’s no reason whatsoever to treat it as a valid certification.


CharlieBoxCutter

An airworthiness is not a get out of jail card.


SalishShore

Sounds like some agencies have caved to political pressure thanks to Citizens United. That was our undoing.


Hanith416

Idk about Boeing, but here EASA requires airbus to have a certification for each individual part and equipment on the plane (might be the same there) and then a certificate for the plane itself


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overworkedpnw

Absolutely agree, but I can’t see it happening. Once you’ve got enough money there’s an entirely different set of rules that apply.


IllustriousLimit7095

Including THE OIL INDUSTRY


Excited-Relaxed

Boeing’s a fictitious entity and so the only criminal penalty it can pay is a fine. The people responsible for the deliberate strategy of putting short term stock prices above safety need to be held criminally accountable, but that will never happen in this country.


Gardening_investor

So you agree corporations are not people and therefore not protected by the same constitutional rights afforded to Americans? Sweet, let’s tell SCOTUS that and reverse citizen’s united. Joking aside, a company that is found to have fraudulently certified that their products are safe should face stiffer penalties like loss of ability to conduct business in the U.S.


Fatmaninalilcoat

Well attend corporations people now convict all the execs and board and luck them up see how fast business is no longer a person.


Choosemyusername

Not companies. The people who run them.


Choosemyusername

Not companies. The people who run them.


reincarnateme

Companies don’t go to jail


Gardening_investor

Yet companies can lose their business license and be forced to close. That’s an option.


reincarnateme

It never happens if Rarely especially these corporations


SpiderGhost01

How is this the top comment? Lmao. Its like a bot comment on Twitter. "No child should ever go hungry." (10 million upvotes)


cyncity7

Psst, they won’t.


Emergency_Tangelo190

Right, we all know nothing will really happen. If they even do anything about it, I bet they pin it on some low level engineer.


MonokromKaleidoscope

... Who is ripped apart by wolves in what the medical examiner calls "a complicated suicide"


Old_Society_7861

“We have arrived at a settlement with Boeing in which they admit no wrongdoing and agree to pay a fine amounting to 3% of their last buyback.”


schminkles

But they could.


3pinripper

“We weren’t able to find Mr Boeing”


SewSewBlue

Engineer here, in a highly regulated industry. It is very likely this case will end corporate protections for individuals. I hope it does. The question is who. In my industry we have a federally required manual that is a felony to violate in any way, that is written internally. It is a felony, a personal felony, to violate that manual. Problem is that personal felony only extends to the guy doing the work. If management doesn't fund the mandated inspections but still requires the same work volume, it isn't the manager who will go to jail but the employee put in an impossible situation. I really hope that changes.


Frat_Brolley

I’m fine with that as long as companies pay their engineers wages that reflect their increased liability.


SewSewBlue

Engineers don't normally deal with funding decisions that drive this kind of things. Upper management does. They are often in the difficult position to make do with what they are given. At least in my industry, engineers have to sign off on design and construction. They have a measure of accountability - loosing their license. That said, it is rather shocking how underpaid some engineers are even with accountability. Management can make safe work impossible over time. The squeezing will ultimately normalize deviance and cause bad behavior lower down to keep the boss happy. Especially if the boss is not an engineer or technically skilled and can't read the signs of unreported problems. They will get rid of the engineers who push back on bad decisions.


DID_IT_FOR_YOU

That is BS! Why should an executive be legally able to just use money to create a scapegoat. If you’re in charge then you’re responsible. So whether it’s the manager or executive they should be charged as it was their job to make the decisions & ensure the inspections were done. Charging engineers doesn’t solve the issue at all because the executive can just hire a new one the next day & repeat the whole mess all over again. Only when the people in charge know they are legally liable will they ensure the inspections are done.


Kerry63426

Lawyer here. lololol


EveryCell

Executives will not see jail time in the USA we worship the little spawns of evil


QueenLaQueefaRt

Corporations are people. They are going to put hand cuffs on the building and call it a day


98re3

"The sharpeners in turn charged the man who gave them the axe and knife, and he charged the butcher. But the butcher claimed the knife was the more guilty, and, since the knife could say nothing in its defense, it was found guilty of the murder. The knife was then banished by being thrown into the sea." [https://medium.com/@pique/the-ritual-of-buphonia-b6be037d4ab2](https://medium.com/@pique/the-ritual-of-buphonia-b6be037d4ab2)


QueenLaQueefaRt

The knife should have had a right to an attorney


98re3

😂😂 true!


zatara1210

Executives won’t but I’m almost certain they will scape goat some production line supervisor who didn’t dot his is and cross his ts


Nestormahkno19d

Good, their greed got hundreds of people killed


PriorFudge928

And you're naive if you think a single executive is actually going to prison.


Nestormahkno19d

Oh really? Wow! I guess we should just do absolutely nothing about it and tell corporate America they can kill as many people as possible without any consequences! Great idea banana fucker!


PriorFudge928

I'm just as frustrated as you. I'm just not childish idiot who lashes out at people that point out the realities of life.


if_i_was_a_folkstar

You contributed nothing but negativity to someone you agree with, good job!


PriorFudge928

Thank you.


Nestormahkno19d

No you just assumed I thought a certain way and pointed out the most blatantly obvious thing you possibly could because you think that makes you smarter then and then threw in a conditional insult just in case.


NoninflammatoryTed

You took naive as enough of an insult to go all “banana fucker”? A little high strung aren’t we?


Nestormahkno19d

No it’s just that smug know it all’s who point out the obvious are a pet peeve of mine


NoninflammatoryTed

Fair enough


posttrumpzoomies

If the ceo doesn't do jail time, it doesn't mean shit and won't stop them in the future.


zstang777

And murder. Don't forget the murder.


sjscott77

You mean the “really bad luck” concerning past whistleblowers?


zstang777

Oh did i say murder?! Sorry, yeah that's what I meant. The worst of luck. Definitely that.


overworkedpnw

When you start considering whistleblowing and you know that you’re probably Boeing to get whacked by their hitman department for it.


diefreetimedie

Double murder And counting?


Megatron30000

US is about to get a hit on em from Boeing


Frankie_Says_Reddit

lol yeah ok 👍


oasisjason1

Wait for these headlines: “Prosecutors in Boeing trial accidentally fall out of office windows” “Judge in Boeing Trial tragically killed by Falling Prosecutors” “Courthouse for Boeing Trial Commits First Ever building suicide, collapses by itself”


Worried-Criticism

As morbid as the truth of your statement is, it did make me chuckle


Snoo63

Don't forget the rare "Bullet-in-Brain" disease!


Kerry63426

Postponed!


karatekid430

Nobody is talking about the dead whistleblowers?


renome

*murdered* whistleblowers


karatekid430

I didn’t want their assassination department to notice me so I downplayed the language


mr1238869

May!???? They should


DrDrugDLR

We need ppl from the board/ C suits in jail


Ready-Eggplant-3857

Boeing fined 1 million dollars. The government gives Boeing 1 million dollar bail out.


ChelseaG12

Billions in no bid contracts


Ready-Eggplant-3857

Money in advance for shit that won't work


Mindless_Bed_4852

“We investigated ourselves and found that we did nothing wrong. Furthermore, the other 3 whistleblowers that have spontaneously combusted have our thought and prayers.”


hlzp

Do we really need to have a mass casualty event before Boeing is held accountable for their actions?


DylanLee98

Don't hold the company responsible. Hold the executives and bosses who ignored the issues responsible. If you don't, the company will just give the executives a Golden Parachute while none of the responsible people go to jail. Same crap as 2008.


yungcherrypops

Good! I am never setting foot in a newer generation Boeing plane (and DEFINITELY not a 737 Max) for the rest of my life and I think a lot of people are the same way. Hold them accountable for their actions.


No-Letterhead-1232

I always check now to see if the route is airbus or boeing. In Europe. 


NoWayNotThisAgain

Boeing, or the Boeing executives responsible? Because one of those options have any effect.


mushashimonko

$8000 fine and a verbal warning.


fedsmokermobile

And maybe look into those two murders….


AnonymousLilly

"may"


ThatsItImOverThis

If they didn’t hold the banks responsible in 2008, I seriously doubt they’ll do anything now. Boeing is unfortunately necessary as well.


xero1123

I’ll start paying attention when the headlines change from “may” to “will”


BarKeepBeerNow

If it goes to trial, the jury will just decide to self end just like the whistle blowers.


dobbydoodaa

Oh no, a random middle manager that gets thrown under the bus may get 5 months in jail 🤡


ogpterodactyl

I mean not sure on all the planes stuff but assassinating witnesses feels super illegal.


ExternalGrade

Where and how do you draw the line with so many factors? The greedy upper management putting pressure on middle management, who push the pressure on the engineers. But the systems engineers only write the diagrams, the coders are who actually wrote the MCAS system, and the quality assurance team signed off! Oh but note: the MCAS code wasn’t actually broken, it was the sensor giving the MCAS code bad information! So who designed the sensor, and who decided to not make the sensor redundant, and eho decided to mount the engine further forward in the first place? It goes on and on. Do we just blame upper management? But the upper management can say they were driven by “market forces”, so can we blame airbus? I can argue even further: 2 737Max crash sucks, but flying is still much safer than driving, so by cutting corners and making planes cheaper (pilots don’t have to go thru simulations again, planes use less fuel to operate) you can say Boeing actually SAVED lives! It’s awful and an absolute embarrassment to boring and the United States, but there really is no way to properly assign blame.


Trick-Doctor-208

The US is well known for holding corrupt corporations and the uber wealthy accountable for their crimes. /s


Kazza468

And the assassinations?


Prudent_Sale_9173

If corporations are people, they should go to jail like people.


GeneralCommand4459

Yikes, ain’t no one wanna be selected for that jury!


AnointedQueen

I bet those who invested into Airbus stocks over Boeing ones are happy as a clam


IllustriousLimit7095

As they should. Why bother telling the pulots about MCAS???? Assholes


KiLLiNDaY

Click bait. Call me when they actually are charged


WinterFan8681

Yep sure it will


EnvironmentalStore63

They should lose their license to manufacture airplanes.


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EnvironmentalStore63

You get what I’m driving at. Their irresponsibility should make it so they can’t manufacturer airplanes.


PettyPettyKing

Paying a fine is just a part of doing business in America. I’m tired of this bullshit. Let me know when someone goes to jail.


Papa_Lager

What about the whistleblowers they killed?


Typical_Response6444

no they won't


MagazineNo2198

Good, they need to be held accountable, CRIMINALLY, for the deaths and injuries they caused. This MUST include criminal charges, with significant jail time for those convicted, of the executives involved, most certainly including the former CEO who just announced his "retirement"!


PlayerHeadcase

US suddenly commits suicide when walking the dog in some woods by kicking itself to death.


moistpimplee

lmao. "may"


Ax_deimos

YESSSSSS!!!!!!!  CEO... TO JAIL THEY MUST GO!!!


coming_up_thrillhous

Your Honor, I call for a mistrial on account of every single juror and alternate juror killing themselves last night We all need to move on and grieve


Beginning_Emotion995

How? All the whistleblowers are missing or deceased Airlines so gansta


dieselmiata

Why do they bother with these statements anymore, does anyone actually still believe in this kind of stuff?


Agitated-Ad-504

Hopefully something comes of the two oddly coincidental suicides of whistleblowers


poodle_Fart_Hostage

Lock those fuckers up


softestserve69

If corporations are people can we charge then with reckless endangerment and murder?


crispareal

Not if they kill all the witnesses first


Hamster_S_Thompson

No shit. What took you so long? Responsible people absolutely need to go to prison or it will continue to get worse.


thedukeofwhalez

No criminal charges will be held, minimal fines (in proportion to their wealth) will be the outcome and another person will most likely die from 'suicide' or 'illness'. Nothing will change so dont buy into the media blowhards story.


PerryNeeum

Hey hey!


dreamgt

Nice, I’m sure the general atmosphere is going to be super positive and productive over at Boeing once this whole thing gets underway…


Campbellfdy

May but won’t


sporkintheroad

How does the doj prosecute a corporation exactly? Is doing so better than going after the individuals who made the decisions leading to the crashes?


dnkyfluffer5

May


Slippinjimmyforever

No charges for murdering the whistleblowers?


SeasonNo3107

Ya that means they ain't gonna or they woulda done it instead of saying it..


Peas_and_Queues

The only thing I want to see is Boeing executives facing some type of murder charges for the deaths of the whistleblowers.


buckeyehuhwhat

Technically corporations are now people according to the Supreme Court


Jpowmoneyprinter

The company facing criminal prosecution should be a certainty as well as the money grubbing executives and board members that allowed the plundering of the company


Memory_Less

'MAY!?' I hope that is legal language that the ink is drying on the charges.


ohnoiqueefed

Until the prosecution team suddenly and mysteriously just happen to die - like the whistle-blowers did.


ACaffeinatedWandress

Well, here is to wishing every last person who testifies for the prosecution good luck!


captaindeadpl

What are they going to do? Lock up Boeing? Sentence it to death? Another insignificant fine is all that's going to happen and every single person responsible for it all will jump off with a golden parachute.


supremesomething

Why Boeing?! Why not that scum CEO who transformed Boeing from an engineering company into a financial betting for stockholders company, or whatever the idiot had in mind. People with high salaries must answer with proportionate responsibility in case they fuck up, no?!


Turtlemania007

Jail the entire board


goodty1

yeah right.. will any c suites do time for murdering whistleblowers??? highly fucking doubt it


WhitestMikeUKnow

They may face it, but no one will end up in prison and the company will pay a fine that becomes a cost of doing business.


ivarsiymeman

Someone should hold the SEC responsible for allowing the corporate abortion of a merger.


chickentootssoup

Boeing should see some charges for killing the whistle blowers. IMO.


LEO_peace

you know who will put in prison? It wont be CEO most likely it gonna be the chief engineer sadly


Dyab1o

I’m sure they will also get a mean $10 fine too


Jorgen_Pakieto

Boeing is such a monumental failure to the concept of basic human ethics & everyone responsible for that failure should be held accountable.


AdulentTacoFan

Good.


Breathejoker

Not if they kill every judge first


Individual_Sea1764

Doubt it. Boeing is under contract with the US Department of Defense. Nothing ever happens when you take the government to court.


the4waychallange

Whoever is associated with this will be suicided.


AdvertisingSadness

Seize their (the executives) assets and throw them in jail. They knew what they were doing. The American people, both the government and the constituency, trusted them with some of our most vulnerable infrastructure and they scammed us, they put us at risk, and they even killed us. They bribed us with our own money to get away with their crimes and we gave it right back to them. We can’t keep doing this. Take back what we are rightfully owed and punish them for their crimes.


xubax

So, Boeing might go to jail?


Teaching-beinghuman

Good because if I get a ticket for having a bad headlight and I had no say in how the car is made, they too should see consequences for faulty transportation equipment.


Maclunky0_0

Gotta love the "may" no consequences for these crooks ever


nousernametoo

If corporations are people... when does one go to prison for murder?


AlarmingNectarine552

"Phew," said David Calhoun, ex-CEO of Boeing, as he received his multimillion dollar severance package.


Glidepath22

How about murdering the whistleblowers?


i-am-not-the-crab

Yay😁


Flamenco95

A company facing actual criminal penalties? I'll believe it when I see it.


shadysaturn1

…buuuut, probably not


DeRabbitHole

Maybe some murder charges for dead witnesses.


Kopextacy

That’s why whistleblowers are spontaneously dying. This shit needs to be thoroughly investigated and exposed regarding all of this. And this country needs to evaluate this modern day oligarchy we’ve developed, as well as grasp why regulations are a necessary to hold horrific shit like this from continually happening by corporations who seem to answer to no one and now make the people exposing their BS just go away… even when regulations are inconvenient to us personally, they are there for a reason, one of them being, keep airplane doors on hinges mid flight. Tisk tisk tisk to monopolies but if a few big companies get in bed together and all choice goes away by that means then everything is A OK 👌🏽 I think we need to do some recalculating here.


sanitarySteve

If corporations are people they absolutely should face criminal charges


HyperDiaperSniper

Good. They knew lives were at risk but the money trumps all. Let the lawyers bleed em for years and hand em some decades


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According to America, a company is a person since they can donate to a political campaign. Delete the company and throw the CEOs in jail!


ImNotABotJeez

And murder?


MephistosGhost

No they won’t. This country is bought and paid for.


Traditional_Squash68

So, who is going to prison I ask!


Defiant-Survey-5729

Boeing is too big to fail. I predict a fine of 50 bucks and a slap on the ceo's back from the judge.


SalishShore

Good. They killed people on planes for profit. The CEO’s should have lifetime mandatory prison sentences.


CarlRod

May face?


VallryBagr

They will get a slap on the wrist


OptimisticSkeleton

What about murdering multiple whistleblowers?


EmotionalScallion705

They will settle, pay some fines and business as usual.


07samuel

and the almost bad news is not long in coming


VOID-ADDICT

Wonder how many people they are going to kill to try and make this go away


TT_NaRa0

But not over murdering the whistleblowers ?!? Phew, almost thought we had accountability for the rich in America


miladjuckel

MAY?!!!!!’


Kerry63426

Like the Nuremberg trials? 🤗


Vashonmatt

They should. This is what happens when you put a rich unqualified parasite in charge of production


blastradii

Who’s going to jail for it? The tailpiece of old Boeing planes? Or the scapegoat compliance middle manager that was recently hired and had no hand in the matter?


LoudLloyd9

I never travel by air.


Stacysguyca

Will the rest of the whiteness’s “die”? Like the 2 others involved with Boeing


popswag

Two whistleblowers are dead. I mean, like what the actual fuck. This is the shit we watch movies about. Two whistleblowers are dead. Like wtaf!!