Notices by Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr), page 5

Remember when Boeing (the monopoly US airplane manufacturer that squandered $43b on stock buybacks and had to borrow $14b from the US public to survive the pandemic) told the FAA that it could self-certify its #737Max airplanes, and then killed hundreds and hundreds of people with its defective planes?

https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/12/boeing-crashes/#boeing

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The 737 Max was unsafe for many reasons, but one glaring factor was the fact that Boeing sold some of its core safety as "extras" - like they were downloadable content for your Fortnite character - leading to multiple crashes in which all lives were lost:

https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-indonesia-accidents-ap-top-news-international-news-140576a8e9d4449eae646c8c479fdc3a

Boeing was forced to take the 737 Max out of service, but it eventually brought the plane back, "fixing" the problems by renaming the "737 Max" to the "737 8":

https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/20/dubious-quantitative-residue/#737-8

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Supposedly, Boeing has been diligently working on fixing the problems with its defective jets that can't be addressed by a rebranding campaign. This wasn't voluntary: the 2020 Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act required Boeing - and every other manufacturer whose aircraft were certified by the FAA - to meet new minimum safety standards by December 27, 2022.

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