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    How many fucking bailouts have we given Boeing again? They seem to get more incompetent with each one.

    Edit: Boeing didn’t make engines

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      It was an 18-year-old plane. Also the engines aren’t made by Boeing, the engine in question was made by CFM, a joint venture between GE and Safran.

      Evidence of fatigue cracking was found on the damaged fan blade, which means this was a maintenance failure.

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        Also the engines aren’t made by Boeing, the engine in question was made by CFM, a joint venture between GE and Safran.

        Totally read this as “GE and Satan” the first time and thought “oh, well, that makes sense then.”

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        Would it be fun to point out GE owned 50% interest in Boeing business jets (the venture that made the 737) prior to 2020?

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    Technically, the passenger was partially blown out. Cabins are pressurized, the outer atmosphere is not a vacuum.

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      When you suck in your breath, your lungs don’t form a vacuum either. “Sucking” refers to the movement of air across a pressure differential through a rigid opening, and thus fits this scenario.

      If the passenger was blown out, it would imply that the pressure was the cause of the opening, which is not the case here.

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          Yes! You’re brilliant, here are another 12 forms of sucking according to the various sources I have available to give you answers from. But first let’s take two minutes to create an account with us!..

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    Ryanair

    Everything you need to know right there. Cut-rate businesses cut corners on maintenance and quality control.

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      Ryanair is one of the safest airlines in the world. 600 in fleet, 0 fatalities since beginning in 1985.

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        Yep, they operate only handful of different airplanes and thus their maintenance is much cheaper, but that’s not to say they are doing poor maintenance 🤷 as OP suggested

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      Boeing, that’s what you need to know. As far as I know, no whistleblower died while testifying against Ryanair’s quality control. Boeing on the other hand…

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          Neither does Ryanair.

          My friend works in the quality control on the production line. They build the same thing for multiple clients. And they have different quality standards for each of them. Some parts would be considered faulty by one of them but good by another, so my friend needs to move faulty elements to the batch for the client that will accept it.

          Of course the client with the highest quality standard is charged a lot more than the client with the lowest standard. Maybe Boeing didn’t make the engine, but they definitely negotiated the price of it.

          Of course I don’t know if something similar happens in the aviation.

          I flown Ryanair multiple times, and I had to put my legs in the language compartment, because human physiology seems too expensive for Ryanair, but I’m annoyed seeing how quickly the entire internet forgot the Boeing’s quality issues, so I’m here to spread doubts.

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            I’m 6’3 and just gave up on flying years ago. Those seats are either getting closer or I’m getting taller.

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              Lieutenant Dan could use some of those extra legs you got there.

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        It’s an 18-year-old plane. This was a maintenance failure. Evidence of fatigue cracking on the damaged fan blade that was missed at the last engine maintenance. Nothing to do with Boeing.