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PatrickforB

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16. The only imperative any publicly held corporation EVER has is

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 06:16 PM

Oct 2022

PROFITS for shareholders. That is it!

So they did a cost/benefit analysis to determine which action would be best for SHAREHOLDER PROFITS, and determined they should drum the whistleblower out with a trumped-up mental illness because if they sweep it under the rug, there will be no repair cost, and if something happens, they will do ANOTHER cost/benefit analysis to determine if it is cheaper to just pay off the families of the victims since it isn't going to happen EVERY time, OR if it was really bad, fix the problem.

Seriously.

THAT, people is the fruit of this capitalist utopia in which we live. No morality but the golden idol of raw greed. Wall Street roars. Main Street suffers.

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Delta Airlines bribed doctor $74,000 to declare pilot mentally ill for reporting safety problems. [View all] DetlefK Oct 2022 OP

Wow..ugly. I flew Delta. Few weeks ago Demovictory9 Oct 2022 #1

Corporations have no moral point even tho the SC says they're people Deuxcents Oct 2022 #2

"Immortal Persons" Raster Oct 2022 #4

"Immoral things" - not persons, not even groups of real people. Just constructs erronis Oct 2022 #14

Exactly. Raster Oct 2022 #37

The only imperative any publicly held corporation EVER has is PatrickforB Oct 2022 #16

$500K is chump change for Delta. They should've had to pay more, it's horrifying that a major chia Oct 2022 #3

Yes, the amount should have been in the millions, if not tens of millions. ShazzieB Oct 2022 #26

Agreed, big time. crickets Oct 2022 #43

Corporate execs need to check their ethics at the door. Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #5

They Don't Have To ProfessorGAC Oct 2022 #12

Better: They should get any bonuses 10+ years after they have left the company erronis Oct 2022 #17

Wow Meowmee Oct 2022 #6

Doesn't mean it almost crashed NoRethugFriends Oct 2022 #8

Interesting opinion Meowmee Oct 2022 #11

Sounds like an air traffic control problem. wnylib Oct 2022 #20

Yes probably Meowmee Oct 2022 #22

My guess, which has to be only a guess wnylib Oct 2022 #23

Yes that would be what I think too Meowmee Oct 2022 #29

Not that this makes it any better MerryHolidays Oct 2022 #10

Won't ever fly Delta again malaise Oct 2022 #7

As if another airline wouldn't do the same. NoRethugFriends Oct 2022 #9

Who knows but that's that n/t malaise Oct 2022 #30

The skies are no longer nearly as friendly as they were when I was a kid. PatrickforB Oct 2022 #13

All thanks to deregulation dflprincess Oct 2022 #25

"Remember when we were told how great that would be for consumers?" EX500rider Oct 2022 #36

I literally have not been on a plane since 1992. ShazzieB Oct 2022 #27

Some of us have little choice DFW Oct 2022 #39

Wow 😳. Had bad experience with Delta earlier this year where they canceled a flight iluvtennis Oct 2022 #15

It was different for us last year. DFW Oct 2022 #38

Thanks @DFW for sharing your experience with Delta - an additional data point for me. BTW, you're iluvtennis Oct 2022 #40

Ryan Air!!!! No wonder. NOW it all makes sense DFW Oct 2022 #44

Thanks for the reply back DFW. This is very helpful info and I'll be sure to check who is really iluvtennis Oct 2022 #45

Watch "The Corporation." Won 36 international awards. Sums it up perfectly. Highly recommend. nt Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #18

There's never a shortage of women-haters dlk Oct 2022 #19

They also have safety issues since they chose wnylib Oct 2022 #21

And the implications of that are scary af! ShazzieB Oct 2022 #28

Exactly dlk Oct 2022 #31

Delta stands for... greblach Oct 2022 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Oct 2022 #32

This Meowmee Oct 2022 #34

Every person in the corporation involved in this should be fired. RockCreek Oct 2022 #33

These are the people who bribe our politicians. aocommunalpunch Oct 2022 #35

The current head of the FAA was also in on this. mn9driver Oct 2022 #41

Oh wow Mad_Machine76 Oct 2022 #42