The investigation is tied to an incident on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January. Boeing also told a Senate panel that it cannot find a record of the work done on the Alaska plane.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Its a functional state-financed monopoly that isn’t owned or operated by the state and gets to charge taxpayers an absurd markup per unit by passing every expenditure through half a dozen shell companies that each get to squeeze out profit on the margins.

    But hey, we get the latest in aviation technology, right? Not like they’re just churning out lemons that fall apart in midair.