It was always going to be a tough Senate hearing for Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and sure enough, he faced many tough questions on Tuesday.

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    8 days ago

    What? Boeing is paying billions in fines. It ain’t stopping them. I think you just Gotta shut them down.

    https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-fraud/case/united-states-v-boeing-company

    “Boeing agreed as part of the DPA to pay a total of over $2.5 billion, composed of a criminal monetary penalty of $243.6 million, compensation payments to Boeing’s 737 MAX airline customers of $1.77 billion, and a $500 million fund (Fund) to compensate the heirs, relatives, and legal beneficiaries of 346 individuals who died in the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes—Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019”