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In reply to the discussion: 'If anything happens to me, it's not suicide,' dead Boeing whistleblower to friend. [View all]Kid Berwyn
(15,486 posts)My wife loves George Clooney. My daughters love George Clooney. My sisters love George Clooney. My sisters-in-law love George Clooney...I like his politics.
In the case of Boeing, I love their aircraft. They are second-to-none in quality of design and, until recently, quality of construction. In order to compete with the Airbus folks, from what I understand, the company's board approved opening up manufacturing facilities overseas and in non-union facilities domestically. That may have saved money, but evidently not lives and not the company's sterling reputation.
My father-in-law was a USAAF navigator aboard a B-17G. After VE-Day, they started training him on B-29s with the idea that the war in the Pacific was going to go on for another year or two. He liked me when we first met because I was aware of the aircraft types ("chin turret" ) and their roles in WW2. Here's an example of their airworthiness:
SOURCE: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/incredible-images-of-damaged-b-17-bombers-that-miracilously-made-it-home.html